Dark knight as dps?

Hey guy,

I started playing ffxiv cause i saw a picture of a dark knight and immediately loved it. The armor and everything was just perfectly badass looking and knew it would fit my playstyle of being a straight up dps hack and slash going all out with force.

Plot twist: turned out its a tank. so i was like well thats odd, doesnt seem like the looks or style of a tank but ok. So i looked at other options and voila! the warrior! a fighting beast with a giant 2h axe! That must be the dps i was looking for if drk is not an option. Nop. Also a tank!

I absolutely hate spears in all games but it seems for players who hate robes and leather armor and stuff we have no choice in dps except drg. I know we just got 2 new dps classes so im not holding my breath to get a cool armored dps class in like forever, so was wondering, can drk be played as dps in parties? without tank stance or focusing on enmity, would his dps be anywhere near actual dps classes?

No. Dark knight is a tank. If that wasn't enough, in the cases where the duty takes two tanks but only one is needed in reality, Warrior usually takes the off-tank spot. But they both tank most of the time.

oh i just thought of a possibility, could those mirror items that change the looks of a piece of armor be used to have a sam with the drk armor looks?

edit nvm. was told u can only image items your class can wear

You can't have that either, you can only change the look into one your current job can equip, but you can indeed change the color and try getting a piece of cloth that would suit your style (for exemple, as a mage I did an outfit that makes me think of a SEED from FF8, which is really cool as I don't wanna look like a typical mage and SEEDs are educated to be using their weapon and magic at the same time, which kinda fits a bit the Red mage I currently am).

I didn't realize it before but you're kinda right, if you like to do dmg while wearing metal armors, then you have not a lot of choice than fighting with a spear.

But you know, tanks are still strong, and in this game all classes are actually dps + another thing. Tanks and healers are asked to dps and to do their job (priority to their main job of course, but at least for tanks, getting aggro is still something that needs to attack, and no one likes healers that just "slack heal" (like just doing nothing like an afk and just heal when needed, those are stupids).
So yea, you still can have a feeling of hurting bad with a warrior, and you will feel like leading the team, which is great if you do it well. You will never be 1rst at dps as it's the DPS role, but don't worry, gameplaywise, you're still asked to do the most dmg you can with your class while still getting enough aggro by hurting enemies (but you'll piss people off if you lose aggro because you was too focused on your pure dmg skills).

There's still glam options for a more armored look for any DoW, eg from GC gear. Though, heavier armor is kind of DRG's signature.

there are some armors for Nin, Mnk, Sam as well... pvp Garo Gear f.e. and other (older) raid gear - not that much variation than on tanks but at least an option if you like "heavy" armors... :o

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Originally Posted by Neela

there are some armors for Nin, Mnk, Sam as well... pvp Garo Gear f.e. and other (older) raid gear - not that much variation than on tanks but at least an option if you like "heavy" armors... :o

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Garo actually looks kinda cool! what are the name of the other ones so i can google them and consider playing sam after all

just look up raid gear, a lot of people like the allagan set still and the Gordian set is very heavy looking as well there are plenty of options out there for tanks to look tanky

actually he asked for non tanks looking tanky ;)

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Originally Posted by Geneticcz

Garo actually looks kinda cool! what are the name of the other ones so i can google them and consider playing sam after all

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you don't have to google just take a look at this fan-glamour site: https://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/gearsets you can filter cls, races etc. Or go to the http://xivdb.com its a database for gear/minions/quests as well. not that user-friendly like the first one but there should be every item which you can find ingame. some of them provide user screenshots on the armor-section as well.

Have fun browsing through it - but be aware: if you are like me (addicted to glamour) it can waste HOURS of your lifetime ;)

I've been wanting another "heavy armored" dps since I started playing.

I can agree to this. I much preferred DRK in FFXI than I do in XIV. Though I haven't leveled the job so my input is a bit moot. However, the short few things I have done with the class, it is still fun to play. As far as the next DPS to be added that would be heavy armored, I honestly am drawing a blank. I've heard Blue Mage is being considered down the line which I also enjoyed in FFXI very much, but to those rumors SE also plans on making it a tank class. I completely understand where you're coming from, but you have to admit, there are plenty of DPS jobs already and I fear SE will not add another for some time.

There's a good bit of heavier armor sets for the melee jobs without being a DRG. The raid sets from Coil and Alexander are all at least plated for the most part for all melee.

If you like the DRK look, you might like Odin's Dark Divinity set which is very heavy armor and available for all Disciples of War.

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Originally Posted by Allyrion

you might like Odin's Dark Divinity set which is very heavy armor and available for all Disciples of War.

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damn how could I forget one of my favorite sets at all x_X .... you also have to ways to obtain it 1. Odin-Fate (one-part armor) and 2. Odin Trial (separate parts which makes glam way easier). ^^

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Originally Posted by Geneticcz

oh i just thought of a possibility, could those mirror items that change the looks of a piece of armor be used to have a sam with the drk armor looks?

edit nvm. was told u can only image items your class can wear

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Yes you can make a SAM look similar to a DRK, but the amount of "Armor" that a SAM can wear is limited.
My healers, and Casters wear platemail, but the amount of platemail I have available is extremely low on casters, less low on healers, and actually plentiful on SAM/MNK.

You'd be surprised how much armor there is for SAM, you just need to go seek it out, and build a small collection, so you can make the perfect outfit.

Though some pieces dont look well together, so its hard to build the perfect outfit, until newer pieces come out.
(Some pieces are limited time only, such as the platemail I use for healer/caster, it was a limited time event item, and the prior platemail was an armor from 1.0 that all classes could wear.)

https://ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/i...male-front.png

Not sure if this has made it to the Mog Station yet but this is a set that's equipable by any job and is dyeable, so it's possible to look armored no matter what job you chose to play. Additionally there are other armor looking sets you could glamor for all the melee DPS. Maybe try Samurai but glamor on some more heavy-looking armor? The Gordias gear was also mentioned as a possibility that might work in addition to this.

There's some decent sets for SAM/MNK that are somewhat armored. But, I feel ya. I'd like to see a slightly more armored set in the future