I don't get what they're doing or the reasoning behind it. MNK has good enough damage, but it's how it plays that's the issue. So they leave it alone. Meanwhile, they address a lot of SMN's issues. It was already doing as much damage or more than BLM, so they give them some buffs. I don't see why they'd have SMN with more utility / combat raise do more damage than BLM (and BLM is already doing less damage than SAM despite filling the same "selfish DPS" role but with cast times). And similarly, I don't see why they'd leave MNK where it is with how it feels to play. It used to be my melee of choice. Now I just don't play melees.

Maybe there's something for MNK in the patch notes down the line. But those 4.0 changes didn't entice me to stick with it, and I'm not optimistic about changes held until the last minute.