"Dark Knight: Tanking On The Edge"

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Originally Posted by garret_hawke

Hi,
I'm a lvl 60 NIN and lvl 58 PLD and interested in starting DRK. Anyone have tips for beginner DRK ?

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Player search me. I'm online and on your server. :D

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Originally Posted by Syzygian

Player search me. I'm online and on your server. :D

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thanks for the offer but if I ask in game might as well ask to my fc.

Aside from this guide are there any recommended resources for stat weights, number-crunching and theorycrafting etc? Having difficulty finding out the type of numbers I should be putting out as an OT on Seph EX. Proper stat priorities for near my current ilvl (211 atm) etc. I came back for 3.2 after a long break and I've got people telling me I should be putting out nearly 1k dps on the fight with my gear, I've managed to sustain over 900 in phase 1 but that was a stars aligning situation. Most of our wipes (~30%) I'm usually down to like 550-600 average for the entire encounter. Am I not doing something right? Is too much being expected of me?

I know that was a lot of rambling and questions, I'm just used to being able to go somewhere, dig in, number crunch, figure out what's wrong etc. Even though I've been playing on and off since 1.0, 3.2 is my first time really going for any sort of serious content so I can't tell if I'm just bad, and if so what/where I need to improve.

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Originally Posted by akaAxi0m

Aside from this guide are there any recommended resources for stat weights, number-crunching and theorycrafting etc? Having difficulty finding out the type of numbers I should be putting out as an OT on Seph EX. Proper stat priorities for near my current ilvl (211 atm) etc. I came back for 3.2 after a long break and I've got people telling me I shouldbe putting out nearly 1k dps on the fight with my gear, I've managed to sustain over 900 in phase 1 but that was a stars aligning situation. Most of our wipes (~30%) I'm usually down to like 550-600 average for the entire encounter. Am I not doing something right? Is too much being expected of me?

I know that was a lot of rambling and questions, I'm just used to being able to go somewhere, dig in, number crunch, figure out what's wrong etc. Even though I've been playing on and off since 1.0, 3.2 is my first time really going for any sort of serious content so I can't tell if I'm just bad, and if so what/where I need to improve.

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Dark Knight

STR: 1.000
VIT: 1.000
WD: 22.010
DET: 0.309
CRT: 0.368
SS: 0.259

Source: https://dervyxiv.wordpress.com/stat-weights/

VIT and STR were scaled up to 1.0 for the purpose of showing the true weight of the secondaries in relation.

As far as your situation on Seph EX... I did the fight with my static and I was MT so I can't compare numbers there, as I kept Grit on a good bit for safety (it was end of week 1, gear-carry wasn't really happening just yet). Looking at your gear, the numbers being expected of you are straight-up wrong. You're still in mostly i210 gear which means no melds and no extra STR on your right side VIT pieces for the most part. Could you be doing more? Sure, but with the gear you've got on 1K DPS in Seph EX even as OT is a tall-ass order. I assume you're PFing it - PFs are notorious for overestimating the DPS that is required of a given fight and blaming lack of DPS in between wipes - wipes that happened because people failed mechanics. If you must PF something, try and get as many good players that you know and trust in there with you.

I'd have to know what rotation you're using, if there's a slashing debuff present, etc. in order to tell you more.

Also, don't meld accuracy into tank gear! ;)

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Originally Posted by Syzygian

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Thanks for the response. It's actually a static within my FC; however our FC also (at least to my knowledge) doesn't have any other DRKs who push similar content and the only one that does isn't a DRK main and is one of those prodigy types who is able to min/max every class in the game with ease.

As for the Accuracy, yea I figured it was a bad idea but was in a rush to get "something" put in there, and when I was looking for why my numbers could have been low I saw I was below ACC cap without 6% accuracy food. That and I couldn't really find a good sourcing for what I should have been putting in for around my ilvl.

Rotationally I'm basically using the Scourge + DASEDEDASEDE and weaving in DACnS/DP, and other oGCD things as they are available. Opener is normally Pot -> Unmend -> Plunge -> Scourge -> SaE-> DACnS -> Rotation. Slash buff is present and until phase three I'm keeping ~99% uptime on SC and DE.

How is Mercy Stroke a DPS gain, even if slight?

I just don't see where it fits in to any part of the rotation with only 200 pot and only if the enemy is 20% or less. I use Awareness, because as limited as it is 99% of the time I just don't think Mercy Stroke has a place.

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Originally Posted by Falar

How is Mercy Stroke a DPS gain, even if slight?

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It is not. its just better than filling spot with flash or fracture :P

Honestly I kind of wish Mercy Stroke was a low CD 200 Potency attack that did higher potency under 25% life.

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Originally Posted by Yuni_Queen

It is not. its just better than filling spot with flash or fracture :P

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I just read that in the guide and thought it was a head scratcher.

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Originally Posted by Falar

I just read that in the guide and thought it was a head scratcher.

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It's off-GCD and does damage, it can also be used on adds and be back up later when the boss is low (or on more adds). It's by no means a great cross class, but it does what it does.