Quote Originally Posted by wereotter View Post
Yoshi P is the one who said he wanted to buff the job, not me, and he stated so multiple times in the interview that monk would be getting adjustments. Personally, I agree that monk was fine, and this buff is basically nothing since it's 150 potency on a skill the monk doesn't even use until 2 minutes into the fight and then every 2 minutes after that. This buff is incredibly minor. And with reaper and monk being so close, and with reaper being the baseline he wanted to balance jobs around, a small buff to monk is justified when you conisder that reaper has more party utility than the monk does (it heals the party where monk does not, and it's party buff lasts longer than monk's)

I had more been hoping for them to address the other glaring problems with the monk's toolkit. Riddle of Earth has no reason to fall off after three weaponskill uses anymore. Anatman and Six Sided Star continue to be garbage buttons that you basically never have a reason to press.
Monk already did more than reaper when you account for raid buffs and mantra is better than arcane crest. So I disagree saying it was justified. Also the buff is like .4-.5% when most jobs get 2-3% buff. So it's fairly worth mentioning and not minimizing.