Why do Ninja and Monk use different gear?

[Velhart]

It would of made much more sense for NIN to fall under the MNK category. Putting DEX and a new set on them is very clearly tacked on. Question is, does SE just plan on adding even more gear sets for new jobs in the future? Is there going to be a 2nd job that uses scouting gear? Maybe it makes sense to SE, not me. If Samurai is a DPS job, will it go into the Maiming category with DRG or be it's entire own gear set, eventually cluttering raid gear with more and more sets making RNG much worse.

[Colorful]

It would of made much more sense for NIN to fall under the MNK category. Putting DEX and a new set on them is very clearly tacked on. Question is, does SE just plan on adding even more gear sets for new jobs in the future? Is there going to be a 2nd job that uses scouting gear? Maybe it makes sense to SE, not me. If Samurai is a DPS job, will it go into the Maiming category with DRG or be it's entire own gear set, eventually cluttering raid gear with more and more sets making RNG much worse.

Just switching everything to a token based system will solve it all, I really have no clue why they're not doing that with Void Ark.

[Velhart]

Just switching everything to a token based system will solve it all, I really have no clue why they're not doing that with Void Ark.

It is a hard question to answer, but it is more rewarding to see the item you want drop as opposed to simply tokens or crafting material. An ideal set up is all of those drop from a boss, but yea. EC did a video on it once and does have me question how end game raid loot should be set up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxfkWZPAUg4

[Caidyn]

Monk = Power/Force Your typical power-hitter archtype.
Ninja = Finesse/Speed Your typical "rogue" archtype.

Most MMOs and RPGs seem to follow these stat spreads for those
class types.

[MiniPrinny]

To be completely straight forward, I'd have the following sets:

of Fending (Vitality/strength): As is, with one exception, the jewelry has half the STR of Slaying equipment.
of Healing (Mind): As is, accuracy is included as free stats on the jewelry in small amounts and on the chest and legs in larger amounts.
of Praying (Piety): An in-between suffix reserved for casters and healers who need to round out their MP reserves, used only on jewelry, this suffix comes with weaker scores for Mind and Intellect, but has both on it.
of Casting (Intellect): As is.
of Maiming (Strength): Heavier equipment used by soldier-type (dragoon, samurai?) melee combatants. Has higher defense than Slaying equipment.
of Dueling (Strength): Light equipment used by duelist-type (monk, ninja, red mage?) melee combatants. Has equal defense and magic defense.
of Ranging (Dexterity): Light equipment used by ranger-type (bard, machinist) ranged combatants. Has equal defense and magic defense.