My input on DRK changes

Grit - Casting cost reduced to 15% of MP.

Shadow Wall - Recast shortened from 180 to 120 seconds.

Dark Dance - Parry rate increased from 30% to 50%.

Reprisal - Duration increased to 30 seconds. Recast shortened to 25 seconds. Potency lowered to 190.

Delirium - Combo bonus changed from "Reduces target's INT by 10%" to "Reduces magic vulnerability by 10%."

Carve and Spit - Increased potency from 100 to 300. MP absorption changed to 100% of damage dealt. Dark Arts Potency changed from 450 to 500. No change to MP absorption effect while under Dark Arts.

Blood Weapon - Changed to: Increases damage by 10% and converts physical damage into MP.

The main purpose of these changes are to bring it closer in line with PLD for the purpose of main tanking and WAR for the purpose of off tanking, while still giving all tank jobs their own unique advantages. DRK's advantages currently are their DPS and Magic Damage Mitigation when in the MT role. However, given the current state of content, we're able to see it's shortcomings rather easily.

In the Main Tank role, PLD currently has an edge with it's supreme defensive and healing toolkit. This shouldn't be changed because it finally gives PLD the uniqueness that it deserves. DRK's current DPS in this role does not make up for the difference in mitigation, unless the fight is one where the enemy does not hit very hard for any extended durations. Reprisal is the biggest culprit to DRK's shortcomings and needs to be adjusted first. I don't believe the changes I've suggested will eliminate PLD's usefulness. PLD will still maintain an impressive array of defensive CDs as well as party utility via Clemency, Divine Veil, Cover, and Stoneskin. What DRK will bring to the table for sacrificing those advantages are: higher DPS as MT and powerful self-healing via draining attacks. WAR's contention is and will be their frequent use of Inner Beast for both DPS and mitigation, along with their strong defensive and self-healing toolkit.

In the Off-Tank role, WAR currently has an unprecedented advantage with Storm's Path and the highest DPS, supplemented by their increased stamina via Equilibrium. PLD's party support provides an alternative route for parties with Clemency, Divine Veil, etc., allowing for more variation in their approach to difficult content. DRK suffers from lower DPS than WAR and their only party utility currently is overwritten by MNK's Dragon Kick. The suggested changes will slightly boost their DPS, while also alleviating their TP issues, making their damage output slightly higher than WAR's. I believe this trade to be a fair one, given the strength that Storm's Path brings to a raid.

ITT: OP needs attention. Please oblige.

gl with TP

Lower CaS potency to 400, apply Reprisal's debuff. Reprisal now grants X TP. Only change I'd make.

You'd probably want Delerium to increase the target mob's vulnerability not reduce it, otherwise you would be buffing them with your attacks and any mages in your party would hate you ;)

Edit: unless you were meaning that it gives a buff to you that reduces magic damage you take. If that is the case then that would imo be worse than INT down because it would only affect you and not reduce damage for the whole group.

I must not be doing stuff right because I only ran out of tp once while tanking.

2 simple changes would fix the only 2 "real" problems they have (aside from bugs):

- Reprisal: Available only immediately following a Parry OR when Dark Arts is active. Dark Arts fades upon use. Up CD to 40s or leave it.
- Dark Dance: When in Grit, same effect. When Grit is not active, regain 200 TP, 400 with Dark Arts. It also has a good CD for this type of skill already and a proper name.

That solves the "Reprisal isn't reliable" issue, Dark Dance providing TP means it has use outside of tanking and makes both abilities useful while OT and doesn't require any major changes to the kit.

This is coming from someone who just unlocked the Job, but seems to be in line with all the posts about the issues they have.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Jahaudant

ITT: OP needs attention. Please oblige.

---

OP needs OP cooldowns

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TouchandFeel

You'd probably want Delerium to increase the target mob's vulnerability not reduce it, otherwise you would be buffing them with your attacks and any mages in your party would hate you ;)

Edit: unless you were meaning that it gives a buff to you that reduces magic damage you take. If that is the case then that would imo be worse than INT down because it would only affect you and not reduce damage for the whole group.

---

Yes, I mean this to be applied to us only. The reason for this is because it will now stack with MNK's Dragon Kick.