Dark Knight

[Airget]

lol hate to be that guy who makes a snarky comment but, why couldn't NIN be a tank again? Making DRK a tank is just weird, I guess the gun class they reveal is going to end up being a healer lol.

[Tanathya]

Just logged on to say that nothing screams "DD" louder than a job that historically sacrifices HP to deal more damage.

Thanks Square for destroying that.

Whoever wanted to play DRK right from the start (remember that poll in which DRK was one of the most expected jobs?), wanted to do it as a DD, not as a tank. There are *plenty* of other jobs who could've become one. DRK is also the opposite of PLD, yet the role is the same, too.

I personally have been waiting for DRK long since jobs were implemented in 1.23, and now I feel cheated.

This is, of course, based on a personal point of view, *my* personal point of view.

And, personally, once again, thanks Square.

[Shadex]

Because Yoshi wants to play his Night Elf Death Knight.

[Najara]

Just logged on to say that nothing screams "DD" louder than a job that historically sacrifices HP to deal more damage.

Thanks Square for destroying that.

Whoever wanted to play DRK right from the start (remember that poll in which DRK was one of the most expected jobs?), wanted to do it as a DD, not as a tank. There are *plenty* of other jobs who could've become one. DRK is also the opposite of PLD, yet the role is the same, too.

I personally have been waiting for DRK long since jobs were implemented in 1.23, and now I feel cheated.

This is, of course, based on a personal point of view, *my* personal point of view.

And, personally, once again, thanks Square.

The only thing Gafgarion ever sacrificed was his MP, and he was a BEAST.
If you didn't unequip his sword before the fight with him you might actually lose. Dark Knight being tank seems more than fitting to me.

[HiawathaNimah]

i want to be a "bright" 2 handed sword user. not some wanna be edgy role...

[Rhysati]

Just logged on to say that nothing screams "DD" louder than a job that historically sacrifices HP to deal more damage.

Thanks Square for destroying that.

Just because that's how YOU see it doesn't mean they destroyed anything. Let's take a look at one of the big-daddies of MMO history: Everquest. They had a class called the ShadowKnight who used magical diseases and other spells to do damage and tank. They could sacrifice health to do more damage as well as drain life from their enemies.

You also have the DeathKnights in World of Warcraft that were originally designed as nothing but tanks.

Or, the big grand-daddy of them all: Dungeons and Dragons. They also had a Death Knight class that always maintained a little bit of tankiness.

The idea of a Dark Knight has always had that 'tanky' feel to it outside of the FF universe.

[Gilthas]

JThe idea of a Dark Knight has always had that 'tanky' feel to it outside of the FF universe.

It has also had that "tanky" feel to it in the FF series too. FFXI was the exception.

Sure, I was expecting the new tank to be Samurai, but when I saw Dark Knight my first thought was "yeah, that can easily fit in", not "omfg SE murdered the job!!!!"

[TThibi]

Everyone needs to calm down SE did not say DRK would be just like it was in FFXI, it is very much viable as a tank option, and that job will not see the world we currently live and play in. The 3.0 team will not add on to the world currently as it exists but overwrite it entirely with a whole new job system and set of quests for those jobs.
The original classes will be reworked/renamed into jobs, Rogue and ninja will split to follow their individual destinies which was originally intended. For speculation sake lets rename/rework the classes; Conjurer >> Redmage/Fencer, Pugilist >> Boxer/Beastmaster(this makes sense if you've done the pugilist story line), Marauder >> Samurai, Arcanist >> Blue mage , Thaumaturge >> Geomancer, Archer >> Gunner/Ranger, Gladiator >> Dark Knight. Pure speculation but consider the classes removed as prerequisites and made into jobs available at level 1, where do they go? Also I still hope as many others do as well that SE will give us Dancer.

[Radacci]

lol hate to be that guy who makes a snarky comment but, why couldn't NIN be a tank again? Making DRK a tank is just weird, I guess the gun class they reveal is going to end up being a healer lol.

no, James Bond is confirmed job, James Bond is not a healer!

[Nielk]

lol hate to be that guy who makes a snarky comment but, why couldn't NIN be a tank again? Making DRK a tank is just weird, I guess the gun class they reveal is going to end up being a healer lol.

Ninja Should of been Cross Class like smn / SCH , Thf as the Dps , and Nin as the Tank Class i'm sorry i really believe they didn't think this 1 through or just choose to personal preference instead of just trying to do vote system on what best for the game Really don't want Realm Reborn to be Like 1.0 where it died and they had to scrap everything =/ just 1 huge revamp change Nin to tank and DRK to Dps would fix everything