Quote Originally Posted by Xiaoki View Post
Monk isn't one of the least played DPS.

In the Savage raid Monk is well above Black Mage, Dragoon, Ninja, Machinist, and Dancer.

Vets like you may have dropped Monk but it was then picked up by new Monk players that embraced the changes.

The new Monk isn't going anywhere.
Only based on week 1 clears before the overall numbers have stabilized. In Normal mode, the dungeons, and the extremes, Monk is only beating Ninja in plays. Hell, in P1S, Monk is the second least played job, once again only beating Ninja. Once more people clear in the next couple of weeks Monk's clear numbers are pretty much certain to fall down there.

That said, I actually do like the current Monk quite a bit more than any iteration of the job other than Heavensward from a pure gameplay perspective, even if I think there's quite a few things that could be improved about it.