Dark Knight: How I'd Do It

[Maxin_Rudy]

i'm guessing DK will be a dps class, mainly because DK (at least from tactics) can absorve HP, and 2 tanks that try to tank leeching life from mobs is stupid... that said, i can see DK coming from MRD, with a dps stance (reduce emminity and raises damage, since MRD traits boost HP not STR) and some moves that consume his HP to deal damage and his main combo would be Heavy Swing, Main Storm Path...

[Kitru]

2 tanks that try to tank leeching life from mobs is stupid

WAR is neither a life-steal tank nor self-healing tank and never was either of those. The self-healing that WAR got accounted for a *tiny* portion of its total mitigation and only got a lot of attention because Inner Beast flashed a big, attention grabbing number when it was used (and, even then, it was only really impressive when you got a crit *and* it was buffed). DRK could easily be brought in as a tank, assuming they fix the issue with self-healing scaling with incoming damage and provide it with enough eHP and tank CDs to weather the spikes and high damage phases.

[Giantbane]

WAR is neither a life-steal tank nor self-healing tank and never was either of those. The self-healing that WAR got accounted for a *tiny* portion of its total mitigation and only got a lot of attention because Inner Beast flashed a big, attention grabbing number when it was used (and, even then, it was only really impressive when you got a crit *and* it was buffed). DRK could easily be brought in as a tank, assuming they fix the issue with self-healing scaling with incoming damage and provide it with enough eHP and tank CDs to weather the spikes and high damage phases.

If they want to stick with the more universal DRK theme of sacrificing health to gain strength, perhaps a DRK tank could sacrifice their health to boost defenses in some way.

A simple, but effective way is to sacrifice health to create an absorption shield that absorbs 2x the amount sacrificed (or something to that effect). Or they could have it such that it sacrifices X% health lost (could be either total hp or current hp) for X% damage reduction for a period of time. Pair that with some health leeching effect (easier to balance as their health leech only needs to be balanced against their own abilities, not incoming dmg) and some status debuffs/absorbs and it could be an effective but unique tank.