[dev1052] DRK Group 1/Group 2 Merit Point refinements

[Rezeak]

For group 1 i'm pretty happy at least these have some use

If i could add anything it would be Souleater's effect +1% a merit (2handed weapons only).

For Group 2 there is alot of improvement that can be made here.

Muted soul is now near useless
Increasing the enmity - to -75 or -80 would make it useful agian or just make it so it stacks w/ gear (additivly)

Dark seal

While the idea is nice it doesn't add that much
Making it so that Absorbs would last longer(5-10mins) and not decay would push this back up imo
Adding a potency boost to it would be nice but i guess it would be stepping on N.Voids shoes then,

Diabolic eye
-15%hp for +20 acc is a joke
Either remove the -15% hp
Or add a +DMG% boost to make this worth it.

Desperate blows

Is awesome but if ya want you could make it let DRK hit 85-90% haste (i know OP but i miss the 93% haste days lol)

[Urteil]

Muted Soul needs to be totally redone or made into something different 100% worthless.

Diabolic eye needs to be +% magical and physical damage dealt, with no -% hp.

Dark Seal should boost the potency of the next Dark Magic spell because it is nearly worthless.


Desperate Blows is awesome, I'll give you that one. 1/4 SE

1/4.

[Leonlionheart]

Most T2 merits are useless, so it wasn't surprising that DRK's were/are useless.

Honestly though asking for Haste over cap is like asking for WAR to deal 4809589458i72095834270 damage in one hit and asking for 100 TP ws return.

Every 2% over 80% is increasing DPS by like 50% iirc. Don't be stupid.

[Rezeak]

Every 2% over 80% is increasing DPS by like 50% iirc. Don't be stupid.

1-0.18/0.20 = 10% simple maths lol

It is overpowered but meh no harm in asking

[Taint2]

Most T2 merits are useless, so it wasn't surprising that DRK's were/are useless.

Honestly though asking for Haste over cap is like asking for WAR to deal 4809589458i72095834270 damage in one hit and asking for 100 TP ws return.

Every 2% over 80% is increasing DPS by like 50% iirc. Don't be stupid.

87% Haste is a 50% Increase over 80%.

The old DRK cap took Apoc delay to 34.2 lol. Those were the good old days.

[Leonlionheart]

87% Haste is a 50% Increase over 80%.

The old DRK cap took Apoc delay to 34.2 lol. Those were the good old days.

Considering Haste is king in FFXI, does no one see why this was capped at 80%?

I enjoy DRK as much as the next guy, but please.

ukko's fury

blood rage (2 hour every 5 minutes)

what can compete with this? lol Sam comes close but still gets beaten by a solid margin. Mnk is solid but the ws frequency that war can put out crushes it in total dmg (VS and ukko's are pretty even).

SAM DRK and DRG can easily compete with that. MNK often beats WAR in VW. SAM is better than WAR on T4 cities (where Fudo is actually still good). DRK is just fine on T3 Zilart/Jeuno, specially with it's more self sustained haste (BRD dies quite often). DRG does quite well everywhere alternating between Camlann's Torment on tougher mobs and Drakesbane on weaker mobs, and never has to worry much about hate. WAR comes ahead in T3 Zilart/Jeuno because of crits, but it's not by such a margin that you think.

The only reason I generally out parse DRKs is because they don't know how to play with PDT/MDT sets for some reason. I'm sure that if they wanted to tank, they could, and that would show that DRK isn't so far behind WAR. In fact you might be able to take out the BRD from the ddtank party and put the COR there (or RDM if the COR was already there) and put it in the BLM party for more MP for more proc frequency, making DRK a better tank overall. But I'm just thinking outside the box.

breaking haste cap wouldn't make drk the top tier dd, our ws averages are just too weak. But it would close the gap some.

Actually it would bend the scales so heavily no one would play anything other than WHM and Apoc DRK (if procs were not an issue).

DB is one of the better t2 merit's in the game. Sure the rest of them suck for us but this is true for pretty much every job. They have 1 maybe 2 T2 merits that are worthwhile and the rest are for the most part, useless. So here's hoping that SE fixes it for not just drk but all jobs to have a second useful T2.

It's the best merit in the game by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar.

[Urteil]

Most T2 merits are useless, so it wasn't surprising that DRK's were/are useless.

Honestly though asking for Haste over cap is like asking for WAR to deal 4809589458i72095834270 damage in one hit and asking for 100 TP ws return.

Every 2% over 80% is increasing DPS by like 50% iirc. Don't be stupid.

You first.

[Dart]

Most T2 merits are useless, so it wasn't surprising that DRK's were/are useless.

Honestly though asking for Haste over cap is like asking for WAR to deal 4809589458i72095834270 damage in one hit and asking for 100 TP ws return.

Every 2% over 80% is increasing DPS by like 50% iirc. Don't be stupid.

ukko's fury

blood rage (2 hour every 5 minutes)

what can compete with this? lol Sam comes close but still gets beaten by a solid margin. Mnk is solid but the ws frequency that war can put out crushes it in total dmg (VS and ukko's are pretty even).

breaking haste cap wouldn't make drk the top tier dd, our ws averages are just too weak. But it would close the gap some.

DB is one of the better t2 merit's in the game. Sure the rest of them suck for us but this is true for pretty much every job. They have 1 maybe 2 T2 merits that are worthwhile and the rest are for the most part, useless. So here's hoping that SE fixes it for not just drk but all jobs to have a second useful T2.

[Cljader1]

2h Weapon Haste should be a drk thing, SE is already going in that direction with LR + desperate blows, and apoc aftermath...I wouldn't doubt if they built on that theme some more.