DRK Adjustments via Manifesto

[Urteil]

BLU now has Bloodrake which can do upwards of 13k and drains 100% of HP as damage, recast under a minute.

Absolute Terror can last upward of 20s.



Man, Stun II and Drain III are sure looking overpowered right now.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Absolute Terror was resisted by Heqet. Do you want another spell only good for fodder mobs?

[Urteil]

Yea, I'd take a terror spell that works on mobs besides NM's, most NM's are immune to nearly every enfeeble anyway.

So yes, a thousand times yes. I'll take terror I'll Dark Seal the shit out of that Terror and it would probably land in HQ situations and the JA would have some sense behind it.

BLU having Terror is retarded no matter how you slice it it simply makes zero sense.



But the job that is supposed to be according to SE in this very forum "Most affluent with Dark Magic."

Only has to show a spell that does at most 500dmg on tough monsters WITH a 5min JA with a flawed formula where Dark Magic is beginning to not matter because of drain cap.

Drain/Aspir with too long casting time and too long recast.
One good absorb-spell.

And Bio II.






Wee.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Considering it's tied to Unbridled knowledge it is severely limited as not only is it once per 5 mins on one mob, it also locks you out of every other unbridled spell for 5 minutes. I don't think it's as big of a deal as it looks like at first glance.

[Urteil]

This is why it pays to play other jobs. You'd realize that Dancer stuns don't land as frequently as you think they do, and Blues don't socket in ALL those stuns, and they don't land as reliably as 'stun' stun does.

When you cherry-pick minor aspects of a job and blow them up to be those jobs' defining factors without seeing them in perspective, your arguments fall flat to folks that have leveled more than one job, and have the perspective you lack. It would be like a RDM complaining that Dark Knight got tier three spells because "Dark Knights aren't Mages"... Arguments and 'points' like that just sound completely idiotic....

RDM has tied INT, but lower elemental skill than DRK, and lower Dark Magic Skill than DRK.

Elemental Magic: RDM C+, DRK B+
Dark Magic: RDM E, DRK A-

In all reality we should be the one getting Tier IV spells, we are more of a mage then they are and its in their god damn name >_>.

I find the above ironic, and hilarious that you didn't know that.

Pardon my lack of perspective and knowledge about the capacities of other jobs.

[SpankWustler]

BLU now has Bloodrake which can do upwards of 13k and drains 100% of HP as damage, recast under a minute.

If you don't account for the recast of the five minute job ability required to use Bloodrake.

Absolute Terror can last upward of 20s.

Assuming you're fighting something that doesn't matter, because thus far any Notorious Monsters this has been used on have resisted it. Also, it's limited to once every five minutes as well. On a shared timer with Bloodrake.

While it would be neat for Dark Knight to get a good Terror spell or such, it's important to remember that very spell Blue Mage knows has some unpleasant factor. Imagine a nearly endless buffet where the cook walks along and pees in every dish just a little. That's the world of Blue Magic.

I can only assume that's why they're fine giving stuff like Terror to Blue Mage but hold back from giving it to other jobs. The Development Bros. can technically give Blue Mages a way to inflict Terror or Doom or Severe Gastrointestinal Discomfort, then pee in the spell until they are satisfied.

[SpankWustler]

Elemental Magic: RDM C+, DRK B+
Dark Magic: RDM E, DRK A-

Throwing: PUP C+

[Prothscar]

You are a massive QQing moron. 13k damage every 1 minute? Get real dude.

[Cljader1]

Absolute Terror was resisted by Heqet. Do you want another spell only good for fodder mobs?

Yes Yes I do, its funny blus are talking about NM's and we drks cant even address NM's we still need spells to deal with fodder mobs...So do I want a spell that deals with fodder mobs, you bet your ass I do. Lines of terror should be the first thing a drk learns.

[Leonlionheart]

Yes Yes I do, its funny blus are talking about NM's and we drks cant even address NM's we still need spells to deal with fodder mobs...So do I want a spell that deals with fodder mobs, you bet your ass I do. Lines of terror should be the first thing a drk learns.

This post is stupid.

All 2 handers deal with fodder mobs the same way, except possibly DRG (can heal itself). Seigan, Third Eye, hit it a bunch or 1shot it w/ a ws (alternatively to seigan, using dread spikes on DRK is more beneficial most of the time). There's nothing broken with DRK on fodder mobs, it's doing what it's supposed to be doing. BLU on the other hand is a good solo job, but really sucks HORRIBLY on end game content where you fight high level mobs (Sky, HNM and now VW), where DRK and other two handers excel considerably.

Terror is probably useless in endgame, and there's no reason to want it for DRK.