eh, don't let Hrist Althea bug you. From my experience as monk being my main job and playing monk from day one. Were not really meant to attack mobs from the front. Even when I have to solo mobs its never bugged. I have always been able to get my job done without having to worry about max damage. Now when it comes to raids / dungeons. That's how this game was built. Monks were made to only attack from the rear or flank just like dragoons. And tanks were used to take the heavy blows. Monks are not made to tank mobs because they are a dps class not a tank class. If they wanted monks to tank then they would of had abilities that they could use to attack the mob head on. The reason for a dps class is to do tons of damage but not able to take many hits. That's the main reason why you don't attack mobs from the front. If your in front of a mob you will always get hit by a swipe attack of some sort.