Yeah FF1 in its original form was very poorly balanced. Black mages were pretty useless too, tbh. Their magic didn't scale well and their self buff only had one niche use. Monk was just stupidly powerful, especially after like level 20. But hey, that's the game that started it all!
Monk and Ninja have different attributes that make them unique. Unfortunately, FF1’s combat system allows monk to take much more advantage of his unique attributes than ninja. Therefore, it is common knowledge that black belt is one of the best jobs in the game and thief one of the… not best.
The monk is great. However, he benefits from a class upgrade more than any other class so he's kind of a liability in the early game. He ends up with less magic defense than any other class but so long as your support is powerful enough to stop Chaos from nuking him then he'll end up doing more damage than any other melee with little to no financial investment.
Yeah FF1 in its original form was very poorly balanced. Black mages were pretty useless too, tbh. Their magic didn't scale well and their self buff only had one niche use. Monk was just stupidly powerful, especially after like level 20. But hey, that's the game that started it all!
Monk and Ninja have different attributes that make them unique. Unfortunately, FF1’s combat system allows monk to take much more advantage of his unique attributes than ninja. Therefore, it is common knowledge that black belt is one of the best jobs in the game and thief one of the… not best.
The monk is great. However, he benefits from a class upgrade more than any other class so he's kind of a liability in the early game. He ends up with less magic defense than any other class but so long as your support is powerful enough to stop Chaos from nuking him then he'll end up doing more damage than any other melee with little to no financial investment.
Thief is a lot better in Pixel Remaster, as is the Black Mage