I hate to bring back the topic to DRGs, but how else are we going to get to 13 pages otherwise?
DRG is the bestest Damage Dealer and Healer and magic user in the whole wide world, you just have to wear the proper gear...
Start from this little gem of equipment for example, other jobs only
wish they could wear it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ther/doceq.jpg
Seriously though, DRG is ok if you have fun with it, and you like things that float and like to dress in purple (also many equips they can wear like abjurations and barone look really cool).
And you can do many things with your friends I am sure they won't care much. But don't try to say DRG is something
that it's not. If you wanted to do most magic damage for example, you wouldn't use drg/blm, you'd change to BLM main, and if you wanted to do most ranged/melee damage especially on hNMs and gods, you'd change to RNG.
Same for hate free awesome dmg you'd take SMN, for non-TP-inducing dmg you'd go MNK chiblast, for tanking NIN, PLD etc.
DRG doesn't have anything special yet for those kinds of things. Wheeling thrust ignores defense, whooptydoo, so does OneInchPunch but it sucks

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Btw I often play my monk with less useful combos for fun, like MNK/RDM with a staff for using the 400+ mp spirit taker gives me back into phalanx+stoneskin+blink and other spells. I even for fun play MNK/Bard and use counterstance so i counter and attack while singing lol. Or sub BST or summoner just to have pets.
If i'm needed for tanking I still go MNK/NIN, for xp i go MNK/WAR.
But for endgame stuff for me to be most useful I go MNK/NIN (for safety) or MNK/WHM for most chiblast (btw with all the MND gear I often stick pretty long paralyze silence and slow on genbu in between boosting :wink: )
My point is that you can have fun at your job but for endgame if you're really needed you should go with what is best for the situation, and DRG doesn't have anything good to offer for those situations. If you want to feel like you contribute in endgame stuff, level another job, that's my suggestion.
How many pages will this thread get to? I did my part making this post as long and as controversial as possible... People could spend 2 pages just debating my statements (all true), like is genbu that easy to enfeeble? (probably). Or "Is bard a bad sub for monks?" (you bet :wink

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