Second Tank Stance for Dark Knight:

[Freyyy]

I had a good laugh at this. They're already included. Darkside is effectively your dps stance. Yes, you're paying a price in MP to use it, but it can be used by itself, or in coexistence with Grit (full-time I might add). This cuts down on the damage output reduction that comes with the damage mitigation stances. Sword Oath cannot coexist with Shield Oath, nor can Defiance and Deliverance coexist. Sure, they can be swapped during a fight, but a WAR and PLD won't be offsetting the reduced damage output while they're in their respective mitigation stances. Who else but a DRK can boast the ability to do this deed?

Darkside is not a DPS stance. It's like a Maim equivalent. Defiance and Deliverance cannot coexist precisely because WARs can keep Maim up 100% of the time which increases their damage by 20%. DRK has a Maim equivalent but no DPS stance. It's like pre-3.0 WAR when their DPS stance was just no-Defiance.

[VanEinstein]

Darkside is not a DPS stance. It's like a Maim equivalent. Defiance and Deliverance cannot coexist precisely because WARs can keep Maim up 100% of the time which increases their damage by 20%. DRK has a Maim equivalent but no DPS stance. It's like pre-3.0 WAR when their DPS stance was just no-Defiance.

Fair enough. I concede the point. It appears I've been taking Maims presence for granted.