Darknight should be a dps Role

[ZarethTolabain]

Honestly...I'd rather have DRK as a tank over dps for the simple fact that...there is honestly a massive shortage of them in the game. Same with healers.

Think about it.

Tanks: GLD/PLD, MRD/WAR

Heals: CNJ/WHM, SCH

DPS: ROG/NIN, LNC/DRG, THM/BLM, ARC/BRD, ACN/SMN, PUG/MNK

You REALLY wanna add something else to that last list? Cuz...dayum. Ratios are already a little (read: a LOT) skewed as it is.

Tank and Healing classes need some sweet, sweet lovin in the way of choices.

[Black91CRX]

Last thing this game needs is more DPS

[Skeith-Adeline]

Just because we needed Tanks doesn't mean Dark Knight should have been one.

Darknights deal huge damage. Have been in most games. Unless this Tank class is an OP War type, it doesn't fit with FF history.

[Kuwagami]

Just because we needed Tanks doesn't mean Dark Knight should have been one.

Darknights deal huge damage. Have been in most games. Unless this Tank class is an OP War type, it doesn't fit with FF history.

Heavy armor, huge sword, HP leech. Can't fit DRK's history heh ?

[Alkimi]

Last thing this game needs is more DPS

I think most rational people have accepted that 3.0 will only bring a new tank (DRK) and healer (the gun job, probably Chemist or something). No new DPS jobs for a long while (maybe 4.0).

Darknights deal huge damage. Have been in most games. Unless this Tank class is an OP War type, it doesn't fit with FF history.

Except for 11 these were all offline though. Can't really apply the same rules to an MMO. And XI's DRK (with the exception of Kraken/Souleater/BW Zerg nonsense) was a pretty bad dps until very recently when Great Swords actually got good with Resolution. Hell in Abyssea they were behind NIN, THF and even a properly geared WHM.

[toddx77]

How would DRK work as a tank? Would the black magic be used to simply do enough damage to keep hate while doing enough to be a full DPS? Kind of like how PLD can heal to keep hate, but not heal enough to be a healer?