Question about DRK threat.

[SantaClaw]

There was many times DRK out-threat my PLD in S/A mobs hunt.
I pulled first. I got the agro for like 15 sec then suddenly from red enmity straight to green.
I'm i180 with Ravana sword and shield, and I checked those DRK, they are still using green equipments, I don't know what the hell happened.

[Falgern]

There was many times DRK out-threat my PLD in S/A mobs hunt.
I pulled first. I got the agro for like 15 sec then suddenly from red enmity straight to green.
I'm i180 with Ravana sword and shield, and I checked those DRK, they are still using green equipments, I don't know what the hell happened.

The enmity combo on DRK is much higher in terms of enmity, so if a drk spams only the enmity combo they will steal the boss from you. This is because DRK will do very few amounts of enmity combos and more of their dps combos, even while tanking. The burst threat is quite ridiculous as a DRK though.

When I go into a trial as my WAR, and a DRK decides he wants to OT, he drops grit, puts on DA and proceeds to blatantly out threat me like I'm some LARP nerd with a Styrofoam shaped axe ducted taped to my mom's stolen mop handle. Is this how DRK is supposed to work?

I would explore the fact that maybe I suck gravy, but when ever I'm designated MT and the OT is a another WAR or even a PLD (Yes, sacrilege, I know. Hail Satan etc., etc.) They don't even come close to my threat levels (In Sword Oath and sans Defiance/Deliverance), hovering just a bit over DPS and healers who rarely rise above half my own threat level.

Can anybody explain this phenomenon?


Also, for fun, they already have the Cloud costume in the vet rewards, so you just know they are gonna add that Godsdamned buster sword too, since male DRK idle stance is Clouds' stance from his instruction manual bio pic. Gods help us all if they add the hair cut...

If your OT out-threats you as a DRK, he is playing badly. There is no way a DRK doing their DPS combos can out threat anyone doing their enmity rotations. Tell him to use more Dark Arts Souleater for the DPS instead of doing Power Slash.