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I'd explain it to you... but obviously you are a nub. I hope you enjoy hurting the reputation of the warrior job!
Wait... I'm bored, I will explain it to you.
Up to level 30, monks actually tank better than warriors or PLDs if they gear for it. It's a well known fact that boost + Provoke is more hate than anyone would ever need, and a monk's extra VIT, evasion, counter and HP are obvious. Defensively speaking, armor doesn't truly seperate itself enough to really matter. Harness line armors are still decent for tanking, and there is no "Heavy Armor" in the game yet. What I've stated here is fact, not opinion. Monks tend NOT to tank in these levels because most people that play monk perfer to DD.
Come level thirty, monk gain access to warrior subjob berserk and really should be DDs instead of tanks. Armor seperates itself into damage gear and tanking gear in a lot of places.
Monks spends most of his EXP career as a DD, but come level 70 no one can stop a monk from damage tanking at least some times. My static PLD flat out refuses to try and tank over me on tough mobs, and depending on the mob, sometimes not even VTs (pots and bones). Why? because it's faster to let me just attack and cover me on occasion than it is for me to hold back. I have 3/5 of the god gear pieces so my VIT is about 100, my evasion is very high (around 270, that's about 40 points above PLD and War), my HP is pushing 1900, I have dodge to enhance my evasion, and my DEF isn't too shabby either. Defender if I'm feeling like it.
When farming Aura Pots in Sky for god spawn items I deal about 110-140 damage a fist on a non-crit, my weaponskills consistently deal 1000+ and I've hit 1600 with dragon kick when a bard is in my PT. I can deal about 700+ damage a non-weaponskilled round on those if I have a 5-hitter. My delay is very low between attacks because of my martial arts skill and haste from brown belt and Byakko's Haidate.
So anyways... Yes, I tank quite often at level 75. There's simply no way around it. I hope you notice a parrallel here between what happens a monk and warrior level up. Tank >> DD >> tank/DD. And before you ask... Yes, people would allow me to tank on a merit points run on any mob I can think of except maybe aura statues. I'm ok with that. Some people don't like it when PLDs tank those.
As far as style goes, mnk/war and war/nin both are multiple hit per round DD's that have heavy damage multi-hit weaponskills. Warriors wear heavier armor, and monks have much more defense based skills. Both are DoT job combinations as opposed to Burst damage jobs. Both are fast attackers.
If you don't see the resemblence in style between these two jobs, or how well they work in a high level party together... then you sir, are a total nub. You should respect your monk brethren because they are mirror images of the job you have so much love for... yet seemingly don't understand.
Judging by the comments you have made about monk, it's pretty obvious that you have no high level experience with monk =or= warrior. My warrior is level 57, my monk is 75. Some how I feel that I'm probably more able to discuss the similarities of the two jobs than you will =ever= be.
Wait... I'm bored, I will explain it to you.
Playing style? Monks are only used as DD, Warriors transit from tanks, to DD, to a bit in between.
Come level thirty, monk gain access to warrior subjob berserk and really should be DDs instead of tanks. Armor seperates itself into damage gear and tanking gear in a lot of places.
Monks spends most of his EXP career as a DD, but come level 70 no one can stop a monk from damage tanking at least some times. My static PLD flat out refuses to try and tank over me on tough mobs, and depending on the mob, sometimes not even VTs (pots and bones). Why? because it's faster to let me just attack and cover me on occasion than it is for me to hold back. I have 3/5 of the god gear pieces so my VIT is about 100, my evasion is very high (around 270, that's about 40 points above PLD and War), my HP is pushing 1900, I have dodge to enhance my evasion, and my DEF isn't too shabby either. Defender if I'm feeling like it.
When farming Aura Pots in Sky for god spawn items I deal about 110-140 damage a fist on a non-crit, my weaponskills consistently deal 1000+ and I've hit 1600 with dragon kick when a bard is in my PT. I can deal about 700+ damage a non-weaponskilled round on those if I have a 5-hitter. My delay is very low between attacks because of my martial arts skill and haste from brown belt and Byakko's Haidate.
So anyways... Yes, I tank quite often at level 75. There's simply no way around it. I hope you notice a parrallel here between what happens a monk and warrior level up. Tank >> DD >> tank/DD. And before you ask... Yes, people would allow me to tank on a merit points run on any mob I can think of except maybe aura statues. I'm ok with that. Some people don't like it when PLDs tank those.
As far as style goes, mnk/war and war/nin both are multiple hit per round DD's that have heavy damage multi-hit weaponskills. Warriors wear heavier armor, and monks have much more defense based skills. Both are DoT job combinations as opposed to Burst damage jobs. Both are fast attackers.
If you don't see the resemblence in style between these two jobs, or how well they work in a high level party together... then you sir, are a total nub. You should respect your monk brethren because they are mirror images of the job you have so much love for... yet seemingly don't understand.
Judging by the comments you have made about monk, it's pretty obvious that you have no high level experience with monk =or= warrior. My warrior is level 57, my monk is 75. Some how I feel that I'm probably more able to discuss the similarities of the two jobs than you will =ever= be.
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