Dark Knight

[Sylari]

Only problem I have with the 2h sword idea is how many other theoretical jobs might line up with that weapon loadout (plus I personally find it unlikely a 2h sword class will be up anytime soon simply for thematic reasons).

Regarding Marauder I like how a lot of the design elements line up and from an aesthetic standpoint the attitudes of the marauders sort of bleeds into dark knights pretty well.

Regarding Gladiator I think the main push here is that you can set up some sort of dualit concept, the gladiator splits into the "light" class and the "dark class".

Having too many defensive cooldowns is a problem, but keep in mind the could always do to them what the did to the carbuncles for Scholar: Equipping the job crystal fundamentally changes how those abilities work.

I want a Blood Sword, I want the Ancient Blade, I want the Avenger, I want elemental swords, Hades Blade... I want a whole new line of Swords, not able to be wielded by the PLD.... maybe something like the exist swords stay GLD/PLD, and the new ones go GLD/DRK only...

That's probably really likely. I mean summoners and scholars don't share books either.

[Gamemako]

That's probably really likely. I mean summoners and scholars don't share books either.

That's because they don't share stats. A Dark Knight would likely be STR-focused and would have no need to use different weapons; the current ones have STR and would do just fine. They would not need to create an additional piece of equipment.

[Sylari]

That's because they don't share stats. A Dark Knight would likely be STR-focused and would have no need to use different weapons; the current ones have STR and would do just fine. They would not need to create an additional piece of equipment.

And if they were really worried about not wanting extra pieces of gear they'd just put Int and Mnd on every book (they already do this for a lot of mid level items and a few i70 pieces. The second mainstat is unbugeted). It's still a design choice.

[Gamemako]

And if they were really worried about not wanting extra pieces of gear they'd just put Int and Mnd on every book (they already do this for a lot of mid level items and a few i70 pieces. The second mainstat is unbugeted). It's still a design choice.

Quite the opposite; that's done for balance reasons. If you had unified caster and healer gear, then your average BLM would Physick for 800. This is avoided by limiting access to MND. Unified pieces are limited to low-stat accessories 20 item levels behind.