Living Shadow

You know what i think would make living shadow more interesting if it also build mana for us could even make it so it only did so while your under the effect of blood weapon

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Originally Posted by Godmingo

You know what i think would make living shadow more interesting if it also build mana for us could even make it so it only did so while your under the effect of blood weapon

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A damn good idea, this would make for an awesome DPS phase if combined with the other dps cooldowns. Could make up for the low DPS.

I'm not sure why SE didn't use Living Shadow as the class theme. Instead, Dark Knight has a worse version of Inner Release when so much could be done based on Living Shadow.

TBH i think Living Shadow is pretty great except 2 major flaws. The time it takes to come up ( which counts against your uptime) and using single AOE on single target. Why is it using Quietus instead of Bloodspiller in a single target situation?

I doubt SE will do anything to increase the skill celling (like having to sync 2 buffs in a tank class) anymore. But I would really like an option to command the shadow to attack specific targets, nothing too complex, just target switching...

Living Shadow needs a 30 second duration and the ability to act during its start up animation. These smallest of changes would bring DRK's DPS up to rival warrior's, though it would likely still lag behind GNB and PLD.

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Originally Posted by armandojc3

A damn good idea, this would make for an awesome DPS phase if combined with the other dps cooldowns. Could make up for the low DPS.

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Low DPS? We're 2nd out of 4. It's not that bad...

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Originally Posted by Ryutamashiisan

TBH i think Living Shadow is pretty great except 2 major flaws. The time it takes to come up ( which counts against your uptime) and using single AOE on single target. Why is it using Quietus instead of Bloodspiller in a single target situation?

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Because it's a scripted animation that does the same rotation to add to the DPS. Abyssal and Quietus at least do hit multiple mobs on their AoE.

I just wish the first 7 seconds of it weren't wasted on the (albeit very cool) summoning animation. At least with Seraph on SCH I can still queue an ability for it and it'll use it near immediately. LS just... lags behind.

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Originally Posted by Greyhawk

Low DPS? We're 2nd out of 4. It's not that bad...

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You really aren't, though. Extensive testing has shown that dark knight is indeed the weakest of the tanks in terms of damage output. Regardless of what people's personal experiences have been, even allowing for optimal conditions and play wasn't enough for DRK to equal WAR during testing.