Quote Originally Posted by Ririndo View Post
In 2.x the monks were absolute kings. Now in 3.0 the other 2 melee classes were pushed so they can compete with monks.
Proof of this is that except for Elixier Field, monks didnt get anything that is actually pushing the dmg. All other skills are only meant to give monks something to do, when they cant attack and make the loss of GL3 not hurt so much. Sacrificing GL3 for TK, when boss becomes unattackable. Loading Chakra for FC/Puri whlie boss is unattackable and ofc our new best friend form shift.
This is not a complaint, hell thanks to Puri + invigorate, form shift and elixier field I was able to constant aoe in a2 and only being beaten bei a SMN (wich isnt really surprising)


Monks didnt need a dmg buff, sure at equal skill of the player a DRG can be stronger than a monk but we've seen it coming. DRG was GARBAGE in 2.x and now with DRG themed expansion they had to make the DRG much stronger and usefuler.

OP simply doesnt know one thing: the good players dont join a duty finder party. Good players rarely join DF solo because what do ppl usually do with the good ones? They befriend them and go on runs as a group. So its not a surprise that he never saw a DRG or Ninja beat him.
NIN, DRG and MNK was pretty equal in DPS after 2.45(DRG buff), so I don't know what you're talking about...

It's not the case of them pushing NIN and DRG to the levels of MNK, because they were never behind in the first place... and now DRG is too far ahead on DPS. NIN is still pretty equal to MNK though.

MNK have a better Mantra, but it's usefulness is limited. Sure you can find many situations where it's good to use, but it rarely will be needed to beat anything, and I rather have other utility. DK was very very good to have in 2.X if you were progressing early on, but now you can just bring a DRK instead and get higher DPS from DRG.

DRG have Litany and piercing debuff, which is good utility, so I don't see why they would need higher DPS too...

NIN has more balanced DPS, but they still have Trick Attack and Goad, which is awesome. I'm hearing people say NINs are slightly behind MNK in DPS, which would be pretty balanced if true.