/agree Lokii
Me as a Dragon Monk, it is allways a challenge, against 3dot or few 2dot, to dish out more damage in short time as they can dish out on me

I love it when im on 30% health and my styles start epic criting and all those hordes in front of me die before my health drops lover than 10%. I love to "hard-dps" and fake death after i killed a mob in pull of 2-4, just to make the encounter without needed a group or crowd control or healer or tank. Its not a easy life, as you said, but its a count of good work and you know after it that not everyone can make it this way

I played Ranger to lvl 32, i played Bard to lvl 30, played even rogue till 20 - and monk is imho best offense fighter, best in fun and style, even with his bugs monk is imho the strongest offense fighter. Works fine solo and glances in groups. This game is a group game, so classes that really shine solo are not that atractive. There are some classes that really shine in groups, and thats the point of it - and thats the field a monk move at.
I think its the same as in EQ1: you are a monk or you are not a monk

Wanderer Deshiro Mifune, Lao`Jin Knight
P.s.
sorry for my bad english