"Dark Knight: Tanking On The Edge"

[Syzygian]

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Blood Weapon is very powerful though. It delays your TP consumption, gives you MP which for DRK contributes to... well, everything, and of course, DPS. Then there's tanking and getting hit, which gives you procs and Blood Price returns. All of this is a gain over tanking in Grit, and a gain over OTing. The self healing from Grit SE definitely adds up, but most healers do not account for it as it simply isn't that potent. Its similar to the way they don't account for parry.

No one is saying that a DRK should never use Grit, but when the time comes that you want to maximize your play and your party/raid's DPS, it is a safety net that you and your healers should learn to work without wherever possible.

That being said however, healers always have the final word. Listen to them. They should still understand however that this job functions best while using Grit as more of a cooldown than a stance.

[shao32]

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yeah is powerful, the tp field, well the drk don't have many tp problem, only very long phases how the boss don't leave and slow dps in bosses in dungeons make this a problem, and the MP, all know this extra MP go for extra DA+SE. i don't say MT in grit is the best you can do vs grit off, of course not, im only saying grit give another type of benefits, and yeah the actual end game designe make choise grit off every time you can, but is not better vs grit on is only give you tools for X moments apart of pull and tank busters only.

about the healers, is actually mi own judgment, i don't know you but i have a WHM in raid is particularly a god between the WHM (he farm thordan ex solo heal, so is not a rookie at all)and the other one well we said he stay there , mi WHM prefer have us in tank mode when MT excep extremely well control pashes.

having a good team and you know the combat if the healers give me green light i turn off grit MT like i do in AS1, but if we don't know the fight or well you read about mi healers or whatever reason grit on is the best choice.

in the end you and me we are saying the same about playing DRK, but you say grit off is extremely nice and mode on don't give you nothing especial and i say grit on give us amazing buff that deserve the lose of blood weapon ^^

[Donjo]

in the end you and me we are saying the same about playing DRK, but you say grit off is extremely nice and mode on don't give you nothing especial and i say grit on give us amazing buff that deserve the lose of blood weapon ^^

I'm pretty sure that the whole take 20% reduced damage on no meaningful cooldown bit of Grit is pretty amazing and worth the temporary loss of Blood Weapon.