Quote Originally Posted by Erdrick Holmes View Post
They can do more damage bare-handed than any other physical fighter that requires a weapon.
Are you saying that they do more damage with their fists than, say, a knight would with his fists? Or that they do more damage with their fists than a knight would do with a sword?

If it is the first one, sure. That is because fists are the black belts weapon and they are more proficient with it. But it still takes a long time for them to build up the strength to deal a lot of damage and truly become useful. A knight can be a heavy hitter, with good defense because of the armor they can equip that a black belt cannot, pretty early in most games.

Take FFV Advanced for example. At level 50, I had a knight dealing 6000+ damage each time. At level 50, I had a monk dealing less than 2000 each hit. This is with the same character (Bartz) as well.