Dark knights and progression

[ZanzhizExaverion]

I watched an interview of the World First T13 raid group.

Their thoughts on DRK is that unless it does something Game-breaking nothing can break the mold of STR down, Storms Path, OT/MT power of WAR/PLD.

[Snickerzbar]

World / Server first groups probably won't break the mold for a while, but there will be lvl 60 DRKs by the time Alexander comes out that will want to raid. Will be interesting to see how they fit in and how many groups will try to progress with WAR/DRK

[Risvertasashi]

World / Server first groups probably won't break the mold for a while, but there will be lvl 60 DRKs by the time Alexander comes out that will want to raid. Will be interesting to see how they fit in and how many groups will try to progress with WAR/DRK

It's tricky to really say that without knowing their particular abilities and mechanics, though. If DRK has some very powerful defenses (at the cost of offensive power when using them?), it could potentially fill in for PLD. If it has some very powerful debuffs, then perhaps PLD/DRK will be a viable combo. If DRK is worthwhile one way or another, we may well see those hardcore progression groups powerleveling it and having it ready to push those raids.

[Sleigh]

DRK is gonna be unlike NIN's release alongside a raid, where it was (and is) OP but people had to level it and figure it out and personally get good with it, thus it wasn't used week 1 of FCoB. DRK is gonna be leveled, figured out, and practiced before normal mode Alexander comes out, and damn well figured out before savage Alexander. If it's gonna be able to clear progression content, it'll be used.

I watched an interview of the World First T13 raid group.

Their thoughts on DRK is that unless it does something Game-breaking nothing can break the mold of STR down, Storms Path, OT/MT power of WAR/PLD.

While SP + RoH + DK pretty much covers every base, I think it's safe to say DRK is going to get a personal debuff, or at worst a clone of DK/SP/RoH. We'll just have to see what that is (my money is on a pure INT debuff, stronger than DK, to even out the loss of SP if you'd drop WAR).

[dspguy]

DRK might turn tank roles on its head. Think back to FFXI and utsusemi. Tank and spank was done. SE had to go out of their way to find ways to break blink tanking.

I don't disagree that world first elite players will stick to WAR/PLD. But they may find that DRK usurps one of those.