Boycotting Dark Knight

[SyzzleSpark]

Don't forget how, with regards to cross-roles, we got WHM'd.

Goddamn, don't even get me started on the cross-role system as a whole. It is probably the stupidest thing in the game right now with regards to the job system.

[WhyAmIHere]

Goddamn, don't even get me started on the cross-role system as a whole. It is probably the stupidest thing in the game right now with regards to the job system.

It's one of my largest 4.0 complaints as well. There's a lot that's changed, and some of the decisions made by SE are utterly baffling.

[SyzzleSpark]

It's one of my largest 4.0 complaints as well. There's a lot that's changed, and some of the decisions made by SE are utterly baffling.

Going into 4.0, I thought, and hoped, that what they were going to do with it is take some abilities and combine their effects (things like combining Foresight and Awareness into 1 button, combine Convalescence and Bloodbath, and then take skills that are almost never used (like Tempered Will) and put THOSE into cross role, instead of valued cooldowns and utilities getting removed from 1 job, nerfed, and then passed out to everybody.

It would have made so much more sense and would have reduced button bloat in a similar fashion, to simply combine weaker skills into one button, instead of just cutting powerful abilities from the game altogether, or making us go into cross-role to get them back.

[MagiusNecros]

Yeah it's ridiculous. And DRK kinda relied on Parry for CD resets and procs and whatnot and getting rid of Parry and stuff really fucked them up. I thought DRK always had no identity but right now they really don't have one at all.

The cross class system doesn't even resemble cross class at all.

I kinda just want to not play after seeing how much they've fucked up basic battle design.

[Dio_Tiferet]

Just drop the class and save yourself the trouble at this point you are just setting yourself up for disappointment. I dropped the class for SAM and now im working on NIN so i can drop SAM after it became obvious certain classes at this point are slowly getting gated from content and thats SE's fault not the players.

[Savagelf]

I love my dark knight

[Rhais]

Just drop the class and save yourself the trouble at this point you are just setting yourself up for disappointment. I dropped the class for SAM and now im working on NIN so i can drop SAM after it became obvious certain classes at this point are slowly getting gated from content and thats SE's fault not the players.

I did the same thing, but after maining SAM for awhile I realized I don't really want to be dps main, tanking is my preferred role, so I started gearing WAR, but the whole thing has really killed my motivation to even play the game. I haven't tried to get into another group for raids after having to leave my previous one for schedule reasons, I haven't touched Shinryu EX and don't really feel compelled to do so. I don't know, maybe I'll take a break and see how things look in a few patches.

[Valdegarde]

Coming from a melee main through most of ARR and Heavensward, I was delighted when I found that Dark Knight was a tank I could feel more at home on towards 3.3 or so onwards. Stormblood flipping this upside down has been bearable due to the hope that the strange reliance on a couple issues could be better developed and worked with, such as useless abilities, TBN's awkwardness, etc. Recent developments however have, to me, finally killed this hope, and I don't think I'll be able to get behind Dark Knight anymore for the time being. It's a pity, I was ready to make the jump to a tank main, but the fun element is just losing steam quickly.
All the rest of you still holding out, I salute you and I hope Dark Knight treats you well. All the rest who have thrown in the towel far earlier than this, let's just keep hoping things'll get better, but I understand that sometimes this has to be done at a distance.

[Lunafreya]

DRK WF Ultimate.

[Chrono_Rising]

The are a good player. Viability is not balance.