Or you know, sword and shield like every ff except 11 and make it a dps. *gasp*
Or you know, sword and shield like every ff except 11 and make it a dps. *gasp*
In the universe(s) of Final Fantasy, the Dark Knight makes me think of two things: Dark Knight Cecil and Paine with the Dark Knight dress sphere (I know that Yuna and Rikku could also use the dress sphere, but Paine looked the best). Neither of which carried scythes.
I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.
By all means correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the class was called dark knight not dark botanist. Great sword all the way, for crying out loud the jobs main ability through so many iterations is named "Dark Sword"...
Literally. He harvest the souls of the dead, cutting the ties that bind them to the world of the living. It's even in the name -- the Grim Reaper, as in one who reaps (harvests). The Grim Reaper is what we call a psychopomp -- an entity whose purpose is to guide the souls of the deceased into the afterlife.
Anyway, on topic, sword and shield is the classic Dark Knight equipment.
I hate what FF11 did to DK lore by adding it to the class once. I was a DK for 7 years in FF11, and hated the scythe so I never touched it (SCOURGE!!!!). That said I would say either Sword & Board or Greatsword would be good, but I lean more toward S&S, for the reason of tradition, and also because I'm lazy and don't want to level another class.
Greatsword. Sword & Shield may work if they tone down the armor enough to make it fit a sword & shield and if the shield is used to actually fight. Greatsword would still look better.
* The sad thing is that FFXIV turned RDM into a turret, and people think that's what it's supposed to be. It's supposed to combine sword and magic into something more, not spend the bulk of gameplay spamming spells and jump into melee for only 3 GCDs before scurrying back to the back line like good little casters.
* Design ideas:
Red Mage - COMPLETE (https://tinyurl.com/y6tsbnjh), Chemist - Second Pass (https://tinyurl.com/ssuog88), Thief - First Pass (https://tinyurl.com/vdjpkoa), Rune Fencer - First Pass (https://tinyurl.com/y3fomdp2)
Dual wield and bring back FFXI's rampage ws.
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