Dear Square-Enix: You Forgot About Buffs to Dark Knight's Off-Tank Utility.

[Syzygian]

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I'd imagine most DRKs out there wanting a slashing debuff just want to be able to be in a raid group with you PLDs and not have both of our personal DPS be screwed by 10%, short of asking a NIN to shaft themselves by 60 potency every other combo by using a suboptimal rotation (this would make NINs happy too, as they could then enjoy additional AE regardless of if a WAR is there or not).

Its a benefit to you guys as well. It means you PLDs can be in a group with DRK -OR- WAR and get your 10% that you rightfully deserve. It wouldn't sideline PLDs and it would do nothing for DRK/WAR comps because the effects would not stack. Please, please stop being such a Bitter Britney. Us DRKs just wanna raid with you PLDs too, without us both being gimped.

I personally would love getting Cover during a fat physical TB, or to enjoy a sweet DV during a big raid-nuke. But I never see those things (outside the DF, anyway) because I main DRK and I need a WAR in order to bring the most to my group.

While I can think of many more creative ways to give DRK OT utility, giving it a slashing debuff would actually fix *many* problems.