job balancing discussion (1.22a-hotfix)

[Elexia]

Most of this stuff looks ok. I just can't understand why they're boosting monk.

Same reason they're boosting DRG, plus none of us are playing with the changes now to determine just how potent of a change it is.

Hm... Reinheart's translation said that Steel Cyclone's range was being reduced, whereas Okipuit said its attack power is being reduced. Both would be fair for balancing IMO but er... which is correct?

I'd go with the one Oki posted, since from what I see, it's basically stating the power will be lower hitting x amount of targets, basically reducing it's overall potency the more targets it hits.

[PartyTime]

Same reason they're boosting DRG, plus none of us are playing with the changes now to determine just how potent of a change it is.

The difference is that DRG is currently really in need of the boost it's the lowest DPS melee jobs there is where as mnk is one of the highest. A skilled player can easily and substantially out parse most other jobs on monk.

Monk is one of the classes I actually considered fairly balanced already.

[Elexia]

The difference is that DRG is currently really in need of the boost it's the lowest DPS melee jobs there is where as mnk is one of the highest. A skilled player can easily and substantially out parse most other jobs on monk.

It's lower in spike damage, but DoT damage it's still pretty up there if the LNC/DRG is competent since the main purpose is firing off constant combos, which is quite hard for the 'basic player' to do.

[Wevlum]

The difference is that DRG is currently really in need of the boost it's the lowest DPS melee jobs there is where as mnk is one of the highest. A skilled player can easily and substantially out parse most other jobs on monk.

Only versus single target, we get pretty screwed in terms of AoE since we have literally 1 AoE attack and this game loves it some AoE so giving us a bit of limelight in terms of single target DD is only fair x.x

EDIT; Also I hope the benediction change is a very drastic aoe increase. Like given that it's a 15 minute timer and it's just a single use cure I totally wouldn't be against it hitting everyone in the instance no matter where you're stood.

[Arcell]

Only versus single target, we get pretty screwed in terms of AoE since we have literally 1 AoE attack and this game loves it some AoE so giving us a bit of limelight in terms of single target DD is only fair x.x

EDIT; Also I hope the benediction change is a very drastic aoe increase. Like given that it's a 15 minute timer and it's just a single use cure I totally wouldn't be against it hitting everyone in the instance no matter where you're stood.

Not only do we only have one AoE, we have one AoE on a 40 sec. recast. Dragoons definitely have a wonderful mix of single-target and AoE damage skills. With how AoE heavy things have become, they're doing pretty well these days.

[AegisXI]

Not only do we only have one AoE, we have one AoE on a 40 sec. recast. Dragoons definitely have a wonderful mix of single-target and AoE damage skills. With how AoE heavy things have become, they're doing pretty well these days.

This is true. Mnks has been only single target mobs DPSer. If u go into a party with a mnk and a DRG and see who does the most dmg throughout the whole entire pt, have u seen mnks out dps a drg in a pt before? The mobs die very quickly and repop very quickly. We only have that one WS Aura Pulse to AoE them. If 2.0 is going to be about single targeted mobs, then this would be a different story.

[Soukyuu]

The difference is that DRG is currently really in need of the boost it's the lowest DPS melee jobs there is where as mnk is one of the highest. A skilled player can easily and substantially out parse most other jobs on monk.

Monk is one of the classes I actually considered fairly balanced already.

I'm guessing they think it's a way to make monk more appealing to the players. While we do have decent damage already, we are still mostly unwanted because of the close range. We'll see. Whatever future nerfs are incoming, I'll have fun on my buffed monk this patch