Positionals

[ssunny2008]

Sry i don´t want to quote X posts.

POSITIONALS ON MONK ARE FINE!

The core reason why SAM is the most played class doesn´t come with the limited positionals. It´s the damage and overall kit. Not any other class is so easy and forgivable with a perfect dodge/dash kit and the possibility to adjust your rotation at any time thx to the lengths of buffs. On top of that it´s the strongest DPS and i would call it even broken compared to others. Only the BLM is able to do more dmg, but that is behind far more restrictions and based on circumstances.
DRG on the other hand is a starter class as MNK is. He´s easy to play, has the best background, sick animations and strong buffs. Ofc there is still NIN, but i highly doubt that the most players will change on level 10. I don´t even like the animations and other probably dislike the ninjutsu.

That said, there are actually 4 melee classes for everyone, for different tastes:

You love the feeling of smashing everything into the ground easily? You need that self-convinience of being powerful without that much efford? Play SAM.
You love to jump around like a badass or being that troll who backjump from the platform to wipe your raid and pressing 12345678 between that? Play DRG.
You want to be that sneaky assassin with more movement speed and being Naruto who has an answer for every situation? Play NIN.
You are sleepy and need something to hurry to actually wake up and get feel of doing more than 123? You may love the streetfighter series? Play MNK.

Choose your path, there is enough variaty for any taste and DEFINATELY NO NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING in the core. (Only SAM needs definately a nerf.)

And well... Iru is right. MNK got way more braindead with the big "rework" and now ppl complain about the last aspect you´ve to care about... positionals. It´s ridiculous. I can just say it again, stop trying to take the fun from others away from the game. You don´t want to play permanent positionals? Choose one of the other 3 melees or anything else than MNK. FF14 offers a lot for everyone and yes there are players who play MNK because of them. Because it´s more fun and engaging.
And not every class needs the same amount of players who use them. If 50% of all players use SAM for some obvious reason and only 2% MNK, who cares? Pretty much everyone eat an original italian pizza too, but probably only 10% love one with salami. Do we need to get ride of the salami now to cater the other 90%, when there is an original pizza already? Common guys...