Originally Posted by
Sappho
Certainly the NA player community is quite opinionated about what might have been better uses for DRK MP. Still, there *are* uses for DRK MP. Perhaps many of those uses are situational, but lots of things about FFXI are situational.
The Dark Knight job has been in development for 9+ years. Maybe the player community is smarter than the FFXI development team, but if the FFXI development team thought that the Dark Knight was "bad" or "wrong" or "broken" then they have had many years to "fix" it. Since the dev team has stayed the course with Dark Knight, then maybe the player community doesn't fully recognize how Dark Knight should be played. Which, I guess, could place blame at the feet of the dev team. After all they should make something that is easy for the players to figure out, use and min/max. Night Elf Rogue, for example.
Anyway, Raelia, I am not criticizing you, personally. I'm sure you are quite skilled at your role. I have not played in Abyssea, so it is entirely possible that Dark Knight is now the worst DD in the game. If that is true, then I humbly apologize.