Make the Monk great... again?..

[Xyno]

The weight of utility is extremely off balance.

Exactly. The utility of DRagoon and Ninja skills never fades, but Utility of Mantra fades very fast, when the party gets a little better gear or doesn't exists at all (utility)!

[CookieMonsta]

Exactly. The utility of DRagoon and Ninja skills never fades, but Utility of Mantra fades very fast, when the party gets a little better gear or doesn't exists at all (utility)!

Actually, MNK was pretty strongly favored in A8S for the longest time because of a combination of how brutal the heal check was, the fact that DRK was unfavored due to Rocket Punch being physical and the fact the final tornado phase was nigh unskippable (cuz Mantra can buy you something like 2-3 extra jwaves which matched or outweighed DRG's superior DPS contribution).

While DRG promised more DPS in A8S, it was much much harder to execute therefore the whole meta was revolved around either high risk, high reward DRG-Nin comps or lower risk, consistent Nin-MNK comps.