It was redundant for Fuj to have posted in both spots before checking his facts.  I linked to here because VGplayers Table formats sucks, it's much easier to use the Joomla system which vanguardmonks and vgbards uses to accuractly show data.  I posted the explanation of what the abilities are doing there because that is where talisker posted his thread.  I cross linked the two so that they could both be taken into consideration.

For further reading check:  http://forums.station.sony.com/vg/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=31493#369726

I posted my results here: http://www.vanguardmonks.com/option,com_smf/Itemid,27/topic,1096.msg8989/#msg8989   as I felt it was a more appropriate forum for the discussion

So I grabbed a 50 monk on test, stripped him naked, documented the resuls apporpriately. 

Stance - Dragon stance (Since it gives only health regen and no damage bonuses)
Wp - Weapons - Identical weapons 139-152
St - Str - 316 (+232.5 Dmg Bonus)
IH - Iron Hand - +200 melee damage
JS - Jin Surge - +364 damage

Note:  These tests were conducted on a L50 monk without Buffs (self buffs, others buffs, guild hall buffs) and completely naked other than the weapons.  The weapons themselves only gave +15 Str and had no other modifiers (such as % dmg). 

Damage Source Wp + St Wp + St + IH Wp + St + Js Wp + St + IH + Js

Main Hand      372 - 387 506 - 520 616 - 629 749 - 763

Off Hand      185 - 193 251 - 260 306 - 315 372 - 381

Dmg Added MH / OH / Total Dmg 134-133 / 66 - 67 / 200 - 200 244 - 242 / 121 - 122 / 365 - 363 377 - 376 / 187 - 188 / 564 - 564

We can clearly see based on these results that Iron Hand (+200 melee damage) is adding +200 damage split amongst the main hand / off hand at approximately a 66% / 33% ratio (about 133 / 66)
We can clearly see based on these results that Jin Surge (+364 Generic Damage) is adding +364 damage split amongst the main hand / off hand at approximately a 66% / 33% ratio.  (about 243 / 121)
We can clearly see based on these results that when Iron Hand and Jin Surge, the additional damage is increased by 564 the total combined of +200 and +364 and is divided at a rate of 66% / 33% (about 376 / 188)

My conclusion is that +damage, regardless of source, is the same (other then what types of damage they affect) and in the case of melee based attacks is added at a rate of approximately 66% to the main hand and 33% off hand.  This includes the sources of +damage known as Iron Hand and Jin Surge.

200 x 1.5 = 300   You are misinterpreting your own results more than likely.  % damage is added after all +dmg.  the fact that it's +melee damage really doesn't matter at all, +melee damage is the same as generic +damage except that generic affects spell damage as well.  I've done many many many tests concerning +damage (seeing as how bards biggest role is adding +damage) and I'm quite certain that my math is correct.But in order to ensure that I'm not mistaken, I'll test this on a L50 monk.   You can even see the results of adding specific amounts of +damage without adding any +% damage on a per hand basis here:  http://www.vgbards.com/forums/index.php?topic=2182.0

+damage is applied as a single unit to the end result, not 100%/50% in the manner of strength.  If you look at your char sheet specifically it's being applied approximately 66% to MH and 33% to OH.  So +200 damage is +200 damage.  If you have a Str bonus of 200 then that is beeing applied +200 MH +100 OH..

I just wish he could post his explanation heh, still waiting on dev approval.  I got to proof read it, and it explains the issues in detail.  once you all see it a lot of people will be doing a 180 and saying "Holy SNARF, I had no idea". 

Not quite true Kivik.  Before GU4 we used 0-1 rogues and 1-2 monks on Kota.  In order to get him down this time, we had to recruit another rogue and use 3 monks total = 1-2 rogues and 2-3 monks.  As a result, we had to sit out 3 classes who's DPS wasn't on par with the monk / rog in order to kill him.  That wasn't a stab at you man, sorry if you took it as such.   Trinity, BoW and Pain all had issues with their rosters, and in order to beat the new Kota we had to ramp up our DPS even more than before. 

PS...that's my personal opinion, not some fact a dev told me.  IMO, no class should be doing more than 4.5k on raids.  It grossly inbalances content.  So much in fact, that some guilds that used to farm Kotasoth can no longer kill him. 

More like 2.5-3k Kivik.   Thanks for playing though
And no Khana, Good monks should never do less DPS than good bards.  Bad monks...well maybe

Your parse for monks seems extremely low. Are you Dual Wielding or using 2H?   Dual wielding (even crafted weapons) would yeild higher results thatn what you're showing and puts monks at about 6.2-6.9k DPS.  Do any / all of those classes have a cleric in the group with them?  And you said Sorc has a bard and all buffs...do the monks / rogues not have a bard and all buffs?  With bard Runes being broken, you shouldn't even need a healer for your sorc...but again, I'm wondering if he had a cleric in his group as well. 

My conclusion is that all melee DPS is too strong and caster dps, in general and excluding Psi parses (parses only, no idea how much DPS they really do) is right on target.  Sorcs / Nec / Druid all seem to be doing about 2.5-3.5k fully buffed DPS with a bard.   

Branch of them yes.  Most the original members that came over have since retired although I believe will still have one or two from there. 

As an update, we've filled the spot, but if someone is interested, you can still apply and compete for the spot. 

Blades of Wrath is a top end raiding guild on the Seradon Server.  We've defeated all APW and overland boss content to date and we are looking for 1 highly skilled Monk up to the challenge of being the best.  This means knowing your class inside and out.  Our standards are high and it's not an easy task to join, but for those skilled individuals willing to put forth hard work, the rewards of breaking content first on Seradon are well worth it.  Our current raid schedule is set Sun - Wed (four nights a week) although other nights may be added as new content presents itself.  These positions are available as we are replacing a few inactive individuals on our rosters. 

Requirements:

- High playtime.  We are Eastern Time Zone and all raids typically start at 7:30 PM EST and last till the content is complete for the night. 
- Level 50 Monk (Other spheres / Alts are a plus). 
- Knowledgeable and able to learn quickly.
- Good Attitude.  Raiding can get tense and frustrating, you must be able to adapt and deal without getting upset.
- Able to achieve 500 Harvesting in one of the following: Skinning, Mining, Reaping (We can help you with this part).
- Love Vanguard and have no plans of "Seeing the end game and quitting".


Please contact one of the following individuals on Seradon or see our website at www.bowguild.org

Socratic / Kra
Mazam / Mazum
Fusoya / Fuso
Sokiri / Elyda
Sung

Just an added note here....damage bonuse returns which come from Str increase based on your level.  So at L30 you may 0.8123 damage per point of str, at 50 you would get something like 0.9150.  These are bard numbers from : http://www.vgbards.com/forums/index.php?topic=1821.msg19097#msg19097  so they aren't accurate for monks, but I've found use to be pretty close (Bards < Ranger < Monk < Rogue I believe in regards to str returns). 

Crit Returns from Dex do diminish based on level just as Fuj says, but the ranged damage bonus from Dex works just like str does in that it increases based on your level.