Quote Originally Posted by Rongway View Post
From FanFest Frankfurt keynote, "Those of you who uh play melee DPS are maybe going to worry about what type of equipment you'll be wearing, and battling other players over. The uh equipment will be in the same section as monks. So all you ninjas out there, breathe a sigh of relief."

The last line addressing the ninja population suggests that Striking-type gear (in dungeon sets, raid sets, and non-AF tomestone sets) will from 4.0 on be MNK/SAM, and MNKs and SAMs will be fighting over drops while NINs maintain the position of having uncontested armorsets.
is this post 70 though? nin got monks gear too, till 50 and up.