I find it a comfortable mix between monk and drg. Its bursty like a drg, but moves through combos with the speed of a monk thanks to Huton. At 46, when you pretty much have access to your full rotation, you'll really notice the difference. Took me a solid level and a half to get used to the new combos and mudras. Also Suiton at 45 will allow you to use Trick/Sneak without Hide so they're not just openers

Damage wise, on average I'm about 30 DPS lower compared to my Nexus monk which isn't bad because of the utility ninja brings to the group. Trick is fantastic for burn phases and our raid group is loving the extra damage they're seeing. Our blm managed a 3.7k crit flare with Foes and Trick up haha.