Monk raid utility. Not popular class

[zuzu-bq]

With the grow in FFlogs popularity and MCH's rise as both a viable and strong job to bring to groups MNK popularity decreased since its a job that won't boost any other DPS's damage ever unless you run double MNK. The reason his popularity decreased is because people want to see big numbers but this doesn't mean their Raid Utility is low. MNKs can bring constant intelligence reduction to a party that has a PLD instead of DRK. Even if you have a DRK you can free them from constant Delirium aspplication leaving them to DA their Soul Eater with higher constancy. Outside than that their Traited Mantra is awsomely strong for healers specially when paired with other healing increasing abilities like Divine Seal, Synastry and Fey Illumination. Not only that, if your healers enjoy Stance Dancing, Mantra can ease that and by the end raising healer damage, wich raises raid damage too.

Remember that Elysium prefered MNK over NIN for A8S race because of its defensive utility just so they could heal easier the damage even holding Vit V melds. Note that all DPS jobs have raid utility. Be it offensive like Trick Attack or defensive like Apocatastasis. MNK is already a attractive class for those who enjoy its playstyle and for groupd that want to progress without a DRK. Also for groups that want to do the Three Melee + MCH composition wich had grew in popularity since the Chinese had beaten A4S and healers proved they could do Caster Jails on A7S.

On a Side note about SMN and BLM. People just prefer playing BLM because they claim SMN to be plain boring for many players even though it is an easier Job to manage. (Same argument a lot of people use about MNK and PLD actually.)

[SwarleyMcSwarls]

With the grow in FFlogs popularity and MCH's rise as both a viable and strong job to bring to groups MNK popularity decreased

But the MCH physical damage boost benefits monks more than any other job. So you would think that less bards and more machinists would mean more monks. Also, if we go that route, you would also think that there would be more mnk/drg setups because both classes have no magic damage and have a higher physical damage output than ninja. So I feel like groups are preferring ninja because their utility is vastly superior to that of drg or mnk. And then making a decision to bring more offensive utility as opposed to defensive utility (and also to focus less on boosting melee dps and focusing on ranged or party dps).

[zuzu-bq]

But the MCH physical damage boost benefits monks more than any other job.

But the DRG NIN MCH combo have a synergy that makes people want to play them together for big numbers. I'm wasn't talking abot what is pratical in that sentence, but what is popular.
So no that would not mean more MNKs because MCHs would ask for DRG while DRGs like MCHs too, they're like best buddies! And NIN then says his surprise hi that makes both happy while healers cries for mantra and DRK says "don't worry I'm bad designed but I have Delirium" and spams Soul Sater anyways and the Butcher can never find his lost Path friend. Let me joke a little.