MCH and Monk - Why is underplayed?

[Exiled_Tonberry]

MNK, having everything be a directional is annoying and 16 secs is not a long enough duration for greaesd lightning.

Nah 16 seconds is more than enough. What they should do is extend the Opo-opo/raptor/courel stances to 16 seconds as well. Greased lightning being 16 seconds but the forms being 10 leads to some silly situations where you could have kept GL up, but Courel Stance ran out of time.

Other than that, I think the issue with Monk is less about being underpowered, and more about DRG and Ninja being so incredibly strong and solid. They're near irreplaceable and synergizes well with everyone, while a Monk requires a physical heavy party and doesn't benefit casters at all.