Dark Knight

[MrLeonheart]

The way I see it, if I'm the huge hulking dude with a greatsword that's also dripping with dark energies or whatever, I'm guessing most things will see me as the biggest threat anyway. Might as well revel in it.

[Rhaja]

I kinda wanted Dark Knight as a DPS with HP being it's main resource, but holy **** after seeing that armor I don't care. Sorry WAR, its been fun, but your getting benched in the expac.

[Tadacho]

Dark Knight is different in every title.

From the weapon it uses to its skills, abilities, lore and job role (and let's be honest, excluding FFXI, every job (except healers) in every game is an auto-attack DPS anyway, including Paladin). So let's stop arguing whether DRK is a tank or a dps, because in this game it has been decided it is a tank, and in this game, that is all that matters.

[Hollow_Tears]

I was disappointed at first that dark knight was a tank but after releasing said disappointment in kickboxing class I no longer care since what's done is done, now I would like to know has there been other hints that they will have more DD jobs in the expansion, because if they just release 2 jobs the DRK tank and healer job whatever that may be it'll be sad that's all SE could add in.

[Viridiana]

Yeah I remember Cecil/Gafgarion/FFTDarkKnights/Leon taking hits quite well compared to other job/characters. If you made them weaker defense for the sake of power, well that was your call.

Err. . .Dark Knights in FFT (including Gaff) didn't really take hits better than any other class. Their only real advantage was that every turn they could absorb PA*WP HP back from someone in range. There was no actual defense stat in FFT. >_>

[Saigwa]

A lot of samurai players wouldn't mind samurais becoming a tank job. I myself included would love to play as a samurai tank.

I'd be extremely disapointed if it was anything apart from tank.

I honestly dont mind DRK being a tank, but my main interest was in Samurai. If that class isn't a tank im going to find the tallest jumpable bridge in eorzea and just let it go... I love being a tank, due to it being much more challenging than a dps role in my own opinion and playstyle, and samurai was what I wanted to main as - if it ever comes out

[Xoriam]

I honestly dont mind DRK being a tank, but my main interest was in Samurai. If that class isn't a tank im going to find the tallest jumpable bridge in eorzea and just let it go... I love being a tank, due to it being much more challenging than a dps role in my own opinion and playstyle, and samurai was what I wanted to main as - if it ever came out

[NinjaDante]

Excellent! I originally chose marauder in 1.0 seeing as it was the closest to DRK. When they added WAR and forced me to tank I kinda just rolled with it and now I actually prefer tanking. i was somewhat worried about having to change my roll again when DRK was teased and now I am extremely pleased to see DRK is infact a tank! It's gonna be a lot of fun!!!!!!

[EdwinLi]

Excellent! I originally chose marauder in 1.0 seeing as it was the closest to DRK. When they added WAR and forced me to tank I kinda just rolled with it and now I actually prefer tanking. i was somewhat worried about having to change my roll again when DRK was teased and now I am extremely pleased to see DRK is infact a tank! It's gonna be a lot of fun!!!!!!

Just make certain you don't accidentally kill yourself if they decide to keep some of Dark Knights life sacrifice cost skills. Last thing you want is to derp during a Tank moment and accidentally kill yourself.

Though that would be a interesting way to start the phrase "Derp Knight " for players that accidentally kill themselves as a Dark Knight due to dark knight life sacrifice skills.

[Rosalynd]

Just make certain you don't accidentally kill yourself if they decide to keep some of Dark Knights life sacrifice cost skills. Last thing you want is to derp during a Tank moment and accidentally kill yourself.

Though that would be a interesting way to start the phrase "Derp Knight " for players that accidentally kill themselves as a Dark Knight due to dark knight life sacrifice skills.

Assuming of course that they actually have those life sacrifice skills. From the sounds of it being a parry/dodge tank, it appears that the Dark Knight will be a Dark Knight in name and armour only.

It actually sounds more like a Rune Fencer right now.