The Bottom Feeders: Moves You Never Use and Why.

[Brannigan]

Paladin guide to drk cooldown:

Dark Rampart = Rampart
Dark Sentinel = Sentinel
Dark Holmgang = Hallowed Ground
Dark Dance = Fish for Reprisal when you want it; just make sure you use it
(DA)Dark Mind = "If I was a paladin I'd have to use Hallowed Ground here" Top priority move for magic stuff since it gives you ridiculous freedom with dark rampart and dark sentinel.
Everything else is crossclass. Don't forget to Blind/DADA when tanking dodge-able monsters (dungeon trash, A4S adds, probably A2S)

[Kabooa]

Paladin guide to drk cooldown:

Dark Rampart = Rampart
Dark Sentinel = Sentinel
Dark Holmgang = Hallowed Ground
Dark Dance = Fish for Reprisal when you want it; just make sure you use it
(DA)Dark Mind = Dark Shelltron in any comparable situation that matters.
Everything else is crossclass. Don't forget to Blind/DADA when tanking dodge-able monsters (dungeon trash, A4S adds, probably A2S)

I somewhat edited that for you.

I'd say fixed, but physical tank busters are the comparable situation, since I don't think there's any uber-hard hitting magic damage boss where you'd use DA DM to take them auto attacks, or a large group of mobs which would invalidate shelltron if physical based, but if magic based would require DA DM to not get their !@#^ rekt.

[Februs]

Paladin guide to drk cooldown:

Dark Rampart = Rampart
Dark Sentinel = Sentinel
Dark Holmgang = Hallowed Ground
Dark Dance = Fish for Reprisal when you want it; just make sure you use it
(DA)Dark Mind = "If I was a paladin I'd have to use Hallowed Ground here" Top priority move for magic stuff since it gives you ridiculous freedom with dark rampart and dark sentinel.
Everything else is crossclass. Don't forget to Blind/DADA when tanking dodge-able monsters (dungeon trash, A4S adds, probably A2S)

This is pretty well exactly how I translated it in Pld terms lol. Like I said, figuring out which moves are good together and how to use them isn't the problem... my actual problem is fitting them all into easily accessible spaces on my hotbar, while keeping up all of the OGCD moves so that I can use them on CD. I know there will be people out there who disagree with me, but compared to the other 2 Tanks Drk has been by far the most challenging for me to set up efficiently on my Ps4 hotbar because of all the damn OGCD moves. I find there are so many things that I want to keep an eye on at all times that I don't have enough space to work with as I would like.

[Syzygian]

This is pretty well exactly how I translated it in Pld terms lol. Like I said, figuring out which moves are good together and how to use them isn't the problem... my actual problem is fitting them all into easily accessible spaces on my hotbar, while keeping up all of the OGCD moves so that I can use them on CD. I know there will be people out there who disagree with me, but compared to the other 2 Tanks Drk has been by far the most challenging for me to set up efficiently on my Ps4 hotbar because of all the damn OGCD moves. I find there are so many things that I want to keep an eye on at all times that I don't have enough space to work with as I would like.

Look at it as an opportunity to get better. I am on PS4 as well and I am a fucking hotbar ninja now, thanks to maining DRK.

[Februs]

Look at it as an opportunity to get better. I am on PS4 as well and I am a fucking hotbar ninja now, thanks to maining DRK.

Always do. War and Drg, actually, were the first jobs that really taught me how to work a hotbar well, and I've been pretty good at it so far (I found duplicate positioning on the hotbar for moves I want to keep an eye on at all times is the key, in most cases), but Drk has been a bit more challenging because of the sheer number of OGCD's I want to make sure I can see all the time. I think I've got it pretty well nailed down so far (I'm pretty smooth at using it now), but I'm still not 100%. Kind of feels like it needs a bit more tweaking to really get it to shine...

[Syzygian]

Always do. War and Drg, actually, were the first jobs that really taught me how to work a hotbar well, and I've been pretty good at it so far (I found duplicate positioning on the hotbar for moves I want to keep an eye on at all times is the key, in most cases), but Drk has been a bit more challenging because of the sheer number of OGCD's I want to make sure I can see all the time. I think I've got it pretty well nailed down so far (I'm pretty smooth at using it now), but I'm still not 100%. Kind of feels like it needs a bit more tweaking to really get it to shine...

The vertical/horizontal hotbars are almost a necessity for DRK. They really help.







Yes I took these on my phone. Don't you judge me.

[Februs]

The vertical/horizontal hotbars are almost a necessity for DRK. They really help.
Yes I took these on my phone. Don't you judge me.

LOL... err... I mean. I'm not judging... lol (seriously, though. Not judging. Taking screenshots on Ps4 is easy, but getting them off to your laptop is a pain... )

Back on point: I had never even considered the use of vertical/horizontal hotbars... I actually re-arranged my Drk hotbar just tonight and I think I finally got it in a place that I like it, but there are still some moves that I think would benefit from me keeping an eye on them. This might do the trick... If i can figure out how to do it, that is.