Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
Though I've only recently starting leveling MNK, it seems to be a job of contradictions. You build up Grease Light to improve DPS then spend it for a Tornado Kick. You stop DPS to push Mediate only to do a meh DPS attack. Just a weird way to do business.
In case those aren't meant just to be points where reality differs from appearance, you don't spend GL on TK except at the end of an instance or before 9+ seconds of forced downtime that you can spend immobile, and you don't use Meditate (your, effectively, Ranged attack) when you can still use melee attacks. Like Piercing Talon and the 5-Kenki variant of Hagakure, they are too weak to be used except in very niche situations. At least, unlike Higanbana Gaeshi, there is at least a situation or two in existence where they deserve to be used, but that's about all I can say for them.

If that was the purpose of those examples, I apologize and consider your point well made.