Dark Knight

[Taliss]

Which nation?

Obviously the nation would be Ishgard... or maybe Radz-at-Han

[KoujiGeki]

sorry gonna be honest i just see all new jobs just being bland dds. this game /community cant handle new exciting things.

[Marveth]

Question is what would fit as a tank though.
People have mentioned ninja only because it ended up tank in Xi. It was not intended that way nor does it make sens lore wise.
Red mage wad mentioned. Rdm is a jack of all trade type so might be possible but in return its offence would be nerfed drastically which might puss off a great deal of fanboys.
Dark knight wears heavy armor but preys on its own life for increased damage. Souleater is one of its core abilities, a drk is supposed to e very risk reward class bit suitable to tanking either.
I can't really think of anything suitable atm other than ruining some more beautiful jobs like they did with summoner.

[Warrlordd]

Samurai would be best option, imo.
Or maybe rune fender. (Magic tank)
Still need an evasion tank. Still could use bubble/REAL self heal tank.

[Arasiel]

Samurai would be best option, imo.
Or maybe rune fender. (Magic tank)
Still need an evasion tank. Still could use bubble/REAL self heal tank.

Still could use a Dark Knight

[Nova_Dresden]

DRK should be a heavy armor DPS similar to DRG. Also it will likely be a spin off of some other new class since the weapon it is most associated with is a scythe.

[Warrlordd]

yeah. while i agree that a DRK paradigm could be used for tank i feel it would be far more fun and interesting as a DPS. still legitimate idea though.

[Bloodclaw]

yeah. while i agree that a DRK paradigm could be used for tank i feel it would be far more fun and interesting as a DPS. still legitimate idea though.

This is correct. Like the ninja, the DRK was never meant to be a tank. Its designed roll is to be a damage dealer. Yes in this game there is some strong similarities between a DRG and DRK, however if you have played a DRK in XI, you know what its about and whats unique. A dragoon does lancing damage with hug jumps (yes a simplification). A dark knight uses dark arcane powers to enable him to pull tricks off running the gambit and deal devastating blows to the enemy due to his willingness to do damage and risk himself.As to RDM I very much believe we will see it as a tank. A RDM can do everything, jack of all trades, and the only class type that can do everything is a tank. Its just that simple. As to this and DRK as a tank; no, DRK don't really wear heavy armor as a common aspect of the class. Please read the link in the OP. While this can occur, it is not apparently a common-place aspect of the class. If the wiki is wrong, please give evidence/links.

[KoujiGeki]

This is correct. Like the ninja, the DRK was never meant to be a tank. Its designed roll is to be a damage dealer. Yes in this game there is some strong similarities between a DRG and DRK, however if you have played a DRK in XI, you know what its about and whats unique. A dragoon does lancing damage with hug jumps A dark knight uses dark arcane powers to enable him to pull tricks off running the gambit and deal devastating blows to the enemy due to his willingness to do damage and risk himself.As to RDM I very much believe we will see it as a tank. A RDM can do everything, jack of all trades, and the only class type that can do everything is a tank. Its just that simple. As to this and DRK as a tank; no, DRK don't really wear heavy armor as a common aspect of the class. Please read the link in the OP. While this can occur, it is not apparently a common-place aspect of the class. If the wiki is wrong, please give evidence/links.

Only in 11 was the first MMO to have it as a DPS , Wow, Evererquest, and Age of Conan, Dark or or the Variation was a Tank opposite Pld instead of healing magic it absorbed life to keep self topped of. And the funny part is, you people all want dd lets not for get that SE copied Warlock from wow and called it summoner, and copied wow itself and called it AAR. So most likely SE is gonna just copy DK drom wow and make it a tank, might as well just accept it.

[Bloodclaw]

Only in 11 was the first MMO to have it as a DPS , Wow, Evererquest, and Age of Conan, Dark or or the Variation was a Tank opposite Pld instead of healing magic it absorbed life to keep self topped of. And the funny part is, you people all want dd lets not for get that SE copied Warlock from wow and called it summoner, and copied wow itself and called it AAR. So most likely SE is gonna just copy DK drom wow and make it a tank, might as well just accept it.

Then why are you here? Go play wow, it is still much more popular. Yeah they copied the summoner, and I am not too happy about that. However this thread is about the dark knight. So please go complain about it else where and I will be more than glad to join you by saying the summoner needs to be more focused on pets than DOT. However here your sounding like a troll.