MNK Rework is a great start

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Haymaker, Fists of Earth and Featherfoot were all Pugilist skills not Monk skills. Monk seems to have always been intended as a DpS what with Fist of Fire (damage up) and Dragon Kick (Blunt Resist down) being locked to the Soul Crystal. The "Tank" skills Pugilist had seemed to be more a sign that the alternate Pugilist job was planned to be a Tank just like how many of the Lancer's "tank" skills pointed to an alternative Tank job. The failure to properly balance Arcanist for both Scholar and Summoner killed a lot of plans, but I don't think Monk was ever a failed Tank in the making.