Dark Knight

[madolyn]

so is the general idea that a lot of people who wanted to play DRK are now not going to play DRK because they don't want to tank?

i wish i could swap between dps classes in my raid but im just stuck tanking and don't even care about DRK lol.

[Lemuria]

so is the general idea that a lot of people who wanted to play DRK are now not going to play DRK because they don't want to tank?

I think it's more that they would have preferred Dark Knight to stick to its roots rather then deviating quite so horrendously. Going from an outright DPS to a tank is a pretty big leap, especially for a job which traditionally sacrifices HP to fight.

It means either (a) Dark Knight is going to be missing most of its iconic nature or (b) it's going to be the most annoying tank for healers ever devised.

[Nel_Celestine]

I think it's more that they would have preferred Dark Knight to stick to its roots rather then deviating quite so horrendously. Going from an outright DPS to a tank is a pretty big leap, especially for a job which traditionally sacrifices HP to fight.

It means either (a) Dark Knight is going to be missing most of its iconic nature or (b) it's going to be the most annoying tank for healers ever devised.

Pretty much this is spot on for my opinion.

[Exstal]

It's as if you people haven't played Dark Knight. Takes HP to attack, takes HP back from enemies. Who's to say it can't do that?

If you ignore FFXI, the only game in the numbered series that pulled a lot of wild things, then there are only two tanks- Knight (Paladin), Viking

So you want 2 tanks? Okay.