As a monk that has played pug/mnk since this game came out...Monk damage seems to be either middle of the road to above average when compared to the damage that other classes/jobs are putting out during actual fights. I'm not testing on a stationary wooden dummy because nothing in this game fights like that.

In actual fights, middle of the road to slightly above....which I'm fine with.

Bard does well as everyone knows and Blackmages seem to enjoy the top damage in real fights.

By the way...I love the people that say "Monks damage is awesome.......if they just utilize a bunch of skills from other classes"

It's a fun job for me to play though and I don't plan on playing another class seriously...but I am very interested in the upgrades coming to help them preform better in actual fights when compared to other jobs.