Question for Tanks.

[ElanVelius]

Any tips for DRK?

While leveling, keep your weapon upgraded at all times. Your damage output directly ties to your threat generation, as well as your MP recovery through Siphon Strike. Having a more powerful sword means less enmity combos to establish hate on bosses and groups, and having more windows to use your damage combo which, in turn, refills your MP and allows you to fight forever.

There's no need to break the bank doing this. Your GC offers top-notch green-quality greatswords for relatively few company seals that are far more damage and better stats than buying crafted gear every 2 levels at outrageous gouge-prices, and is your best resource for gear while leveling. There is also a chestpiece from your GC that requires level 30something that is useful well into your 40s and a worthwhile investment.

[Alahra]

Your damage output directly ties to your threat generation, as well as your MP recovery through Siphon Strike.

This is true for threat, but not for Syphon Strike. Syphon's Strike MP restoration is a flat percentage of your total MP, regardless of how hard you hit.