Dark Knight

[Gamemako]

That being said giving GLD a dps job is asinine because of how much is devoted specifically towards tanking. Traits are dictated by class and not job it would mean having to drastically alter their system. You are going to have to be prepared for GLD to not have another Job that isn't tank based. And before you start throwing yoship quotes around he just used it as an example. Would you really want a dps job based off a tank class?

I actually talked about this in another post earlier today. GLA and CNJ have particularly tough roads ahead of them if they are to get another job due to their extreme specialization. The potential for Darkside/Darkness to interrupt the tankiness of GLA is actually a good part of why it's discussed.

As for a DPS job off any tank, however, MRD is not only a good candidate, it's painfully obvious. The design is terribly similar to LNC already. You can practically match the two directly: Blood for Blood vs. Berserk, BB vs. FT, HT vs. Maim, Disembowel vs. Storm's Eye, Fracture vs. Phlebotemize. MRD has generally lower potency, but this is not difficult to address in a job design. Not only that, but from a mechanics standpoint, MRD is built as well as you possibly can for Dark Knight. Bloodbath, Thrill of Battle, Mercy Stroke, and Storm's Path all recover HP, which is a damage resource for Darkside/Darkness. I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I were designing a DPS class to work for a Dark Knight job, I'd basically end up making MRD.