Quote Originally Posted by Ashkendor View Post
Eh. I leveled NIN a couple months ago. It was alright, but I find MNK way more engaging.

Possibly that "GOTTA KEEP STACKS" feeling in every fight.
I think that might be a big part of the appeal for people jumping ship from MNK, actually. Both jobs, you have a lot of abilities available:

NIN: I wanna do this thing. (Does this thing.) Booyah!

MNK: I wanna do this thing. Eh, can't do this thing yet, GOTTA KEEP STACKS! (Keeps stacks.) Now maybe I can do this thing? No, the window has passed, and it's no longer an awesome thing to do. Dang.

Everything MNK is tied in extricably with its GL heartbeat. While you do have different things you can do to maintain that heartbeat, and abilities off GCD that you can weave in, you're still its slave. For many, going from MNK to NIN represents FREEDOM.