monks

[trevorevor=1]

im new and im wornding what i should be what are some advantages for being a monk

[Aeolus]

High damage dealing. Lots of HP. Moderate def. Did I mention high damage?

[Murphie]

Great DOT. Lots of HP. Some fun JA's like Chakra and Counterstance. A well played MNK is a thing of beauty IMHO. Then again that could be said for any job. But seriously, if you like being a DD with [Kick Attacks] you'll love MNK.^^

[Aeolus]

Oh yea I forgot kick attacks. Best JT ever imo. Looks cool as well

[Mog]

When you start partying, you really need to control your hate. Monks can get hit pretty hard because they deal so much damage, and while they have a lot of hp, armor isn't their strong-suit.

[trevorevor=1]

what jobs do any 1 recomed

[Aeolus]

Mnk, Thf, Rng and Nin. Maybe Rdm. Thats my opinion. If you use search you'll find out lots about these jobs on the forums.

[trevorevor=1]

what about dragoon or summer

[Murphie]

what jobs do any 1 recomed

I suggest WAR MNK THF RDM BLM WHM PLD DRG DRK NIN SAM SMN BST RNG BRD PUP BLU or COR.

Pick one of those that you like and you'll be set!

[Mog]

I suggest WAR MNK THF RDM BLM WHM PLD DRG DRK NIN SAM SMN BST RNG BRD PUP BLU or COR.

Pick one of those that you like and you'll be set!

ROFL

I like how you stretigically narrowed it down for the advent player. Rate up!

[Taskmage]

Well tell us what you think would be fun and we'll tell you a job that's like that. They're all good in some way. Except maybe pup right now ...

[trevorevor=1]

um mabey drg or summouer or monk

[Tirrock]

Pros:
-Awesome damage dealing class.
-Only job able to naturally kick.*
-Has a lot of job abilities.
-Able to do very damaging attacks using the monk's chi.
-Attacks faster than any other job can with no weapons, and keeps getting faster as the monk levels.
-Counter-attack is awesome.
-Can wear some good looking gear.


*Note: Yeah, there's an item that lets you kick on non-monk jobs, but only while using hand to hand. Most of the jobs able to wear the item have little to no hand to hand skill, save for puppetmaster.
http://ffxi.somepage.com/itemdb/7971

Cons:
-Like most melee jobs, it's rather simplistic. Select attack and use your weapon skills (think of them like mini-limit breaks).
-Very difficult to get past monster's defense at lower levels, so you don't do as much damage as you should.
-Not very versitile compared to some other jobs. (RDM, SMN, NIN, WAR, for example.)
-DEF stat? What's that?
-Forced to wear stupid looking gear half the time.
-Realllllly expensive gear if you want to try to play the job to it's fullest.

Personally, I like monk for a number of reasons. The top ones being the attack speed and TP gain rate. And unlike THF, a monk's punches do high damage. (Nothing against THF, I love that job too. But it's true.) Plus it's been a favorite of mine from other games.

[Murphie]

um mabey drg or summouer or monk

I think you should stick with jobs that you can spell. I'm just saying.

You have to select from one of the six starting jobs anyway. Monk would be a good place to start. Later on, when you've reached level 30 you hopefully will have seen some jobs in action so you can make a more educated decision as to what you want to stick with long term.

We can make suggestions until our fingers fall off, but in the end it's all about what you want to play.

[trevorevor=1]

thx every 1 i think youll have 1 more monk playing soon