Quote Originally Posted by Thorbot View Post
Just out of curiosity, why is MNK so valued? As compared to nin or drg? I've seen those people with like 30+ kills with mnk but on paper they seem like they wouldn't be great since they need gl3 stacks and positionals. Is it OIP? Or is it the gap closer? What am I missing?
In PvE monk burst ins't that great and monk support is almost a joke however that isn't true in PvP.

Mantra is really good in PvP. Monk can strip buffs and have a silence that isn't on cooldown(locked with stances but you can get around that as well). In PvE Tornado Kick isn't used very often while in PvP its a great extra bit of damage to finish someone off. I also feel Monk PvP skills are better than Drg/Nin. Drg and Nin have to deal with positionals as well so not a big hit on Mnk there vs the other two... Basically Mnks have a lot of tools to drive casters nuts.

I don't see what is so great about Pld. No cooldown stun is great but damage is so low I never feel I can pressure anyone but I guess it could be good if I focused on debuffing/stunning everyone. Drk seems OK because gap closer is helpful and they at least have some burst. War is best from my experience. Nasty burst and a lot of control over it along Holganging healers back away from their group.

As for healers there is no question Ast is on top. From what I have seen Whm who are really good do OK and Schs really seem to have a hard time.

Ranged MCH seems to be really good although I am not sure why exactly. Smn is very good as well and Brd seems to be OK I guess. BLM looks like a nightmare to play right now. Sleeps are powerful but getting spells off with a cast time when you are likely to be a focus target just doesn't sound fun. Probably why I haven't seen many.

As best I can tell the 3 melee are actually the closet to balanced.