DRK Adjustments via Manifesto

[Chriscoffey]

Are we talking about a rare triple attack or double attack or are we talking about a normalized weaponskill average for catastrophe. I think that is the more applicable question here. I am wondering myself about the dark updates.

[Urteil]

Plague makes sense given the era of samurai.

Plague on Weapon Bash makes more sense, given the era of Dirty European Medieval people.


The Black Plague, I could have sworn that happened in England.

[Neisan_Quetz]

You would be partially right because it is thought to have originated in China.

A Black Knight using Dark Magic would be an abomination in Medieval England in the first place.

[Soidisant]

I've never seen Cata do 3-5K... >_>

It definitely can inside Abyssea although it's usually relying on something like souleater or a double/triple attack. Hell, even outside Abyssea it can hit that sort of damage.

4388 on Sarameya
3510 on Tyger

That Sarameya one is even pretty much unbuffed. Only had on a Red Curry Bun as Last Resort and Souleater were still down from the previous pop and wasn't getting minuets/chaos roll etc.

Of course that isn't average damage (Average was a little over 2k) unlike the WAR's who were throwing consistent 3-5k Ukko's at them.

[Urteil]

You would be partially right because it is thought to have originated in China.

A Black Knight using Dark Magic would be an abomination in Medieval England in the first place.

It seemed to happen a lot in Fairy tales, King Arthur etc, magic and sorcery and all that.



So an Eastern warrior known for their sense of Honor and following Bushido getting black magic-esque abilities does?





Bottom line Samurai getting plague or anything darkness related is stupid.

[Mightyg]

This whole plague argument is really stupid.

Nukes should definitely get overhauled to be reasonable damage/give good occult acumen returns. Drk mp pools are small enough as is, nuking should be an asset to drk, not a waste of space in the spell menu. This should not be dependent on a job ability, especially one that costs more mp.

[Malacite]

This whole plague argument is really stupid.

Care to explain why? DRK is for all intents and purposes, a terrorist/sadomasochist. They're the freaking embodiment of Black (See: Magic the Gathering).


So plague fits perfectly with their theme of pain and sacrifice and tormenting your opponents. They already have bio, poison, and all kinds of absorption spells that sap the strength of their enemies, so why not plague & terror as well?

[Leonlionheart]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/

Dark Knight doesn't live up to its name

[Quetzacoatl]

Highest I have done with my basics (RR, VV, GN) was 4531 or around there, now I am sure I can get higher with the GC added in, and of course thats not the Norm.

Cata should hit for like 9999 damage

How often does the 2.5x attacks hidden effect proc? If it's a low rate then a Caladbolg would more likely catch up in DoT from riding Aftermath.

It definitely can inside Abyssea although it's usually relying on something like souleater or a double/triple attack. Hell, even outside Abyssea it can hit that sort of damage.

4388 on Sarameya
3510 on Tyger

That Sarameya one is even pretty much unbuffed. Only had on a Red Curry Bun as Last Resort and Souleater were still down from the previous pop and wasn't getting minuets/chaos roll etc.

Of course that isn't average damage (Average was a little over 2k) unlike the WAR's who were throwing consistent 3-5k Ukko's at them.

Wow, that's impressive. What was this person wearing (or rather, what were you wearing if you're the name in the Screenshot) for Cata? It's a shame it can't constantly do that much damage.

[Concerned4FFxi]

The only thing i can see the reduce tp gain for increase damage ability being used is similiar to how some drk use souleater right before a big weapon skill and then cancel the ability immediatly after the weapon skill.