3.4 DRK BUFF

Could save a life, allow a catchup, or just give the healer some time to breathe lol. Not all bad.

Seriously though...when I heard drk was getting buffed, I was thinking along the lines of:
Whose Yer Daddy of Darkness: Depletes Max hp by 70%+ Nullifies Living Dead for duration but autoattack x3/ AA+skill damage +65% for 20 secs. (gives off a super demonic black aura) OP maybe but ffs, the job comes with a sexy g-sword ; ; Give it something that makes the @50% hp healer poop her pants the same way she does when the enemy mch suddenly binds her

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Originally Posted by P4X0R10N

Exactly. Drks don't need utility in the form of crowd control imo.

Healing debuff is the way to go.

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I'd rather have Bind than a healing debuff... This potentially lets me lock a healer down in a similar way to Paladin, the healer can try and remove Bind, but I've got a few tools to mitigate that and even if they're successful, I can just reapply it and then finally throw out a Stun... It's not Stun lock, but it's the next best thing IMO... Should be what, 8~10 seconds worth of holding there? Throw Sole Survivor out on the DPS before hand and lock the healer down when LoS is broken and I either have a kill for my team, or shit DPS.

It also has plenty of utility in a retreat situation, which currently Dark Knight just completely lacks in... So many times I've had my team retreat and I'm just able to do nothing, Heavy arguably does something, but with gap closers being a thing it really doesn't... Instead I usually just toss out the odd Stun, hope Blind does something, and watch my team get melted... Having a Bind is a great addition for those situations...

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Originally Posted by Vaeria

Give it something that makes the @50% hp healer poop her pants the same way she does when the enemy mch suddenly binds her

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I'd say our burst can already do this... Problem is very few Dark Knights know how to burst properly... Christ, half the ones I see actively use Abyssal Drain for some reason... A lot attempt to keep up the pressure with the odd Dark Arts Souleater, and that's certainly possible (and the ideal IMO, better than sitting on full MP between bursts), but I really need all my MP for a burst, including Blood Weapon half the time... Short of either a MP cost reduction on Dark Arts, or some kind of adjustment that gives Dark Knight more MP to play with (Manadraw pleaseeeeee, or make Blood Price worth a damn), I don't think we'll ever see many good Dark Knights...

That's true.

Well, I like this change... Very useful for retreats, although good luck getting a team that actually has the common sense to fall back... Reasonably useful in combat, though very situational and I imagine healers will eventually adapt and stop letting me stick them out of range of their team...

My main concern with it seems justified though, but I perhaps just need more time to get used to it... MP management is more of a problem now, even if I adjust to having Unleash for Bind, that's MP that would otherwise go towards damage and I've definitely noticed a dip in my damage since getting this... It's really long overdue that they look into MP recovery on Dark Knight in PvP... Just make Blood Price function like Shroud of Saints/Luminiferous Aether and be done with it, maybe adjust Dark Arts or Grits cost... We're never going to see many good Dark Knights so long as MP management is as punishing as it is, and even the great ones don't really hold a flame to Warrior, which is far simpler to play... Someone over at SE could probably do with learning how to balance skill requirements and Job output...

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melees & tanks pop their offensive cooldowns, DRK uses unleash, gets some distance, runs away, GG offensive buffs lol