In your darkest hour: DRK's identity crisis

[Joe777]

You do know Cloud isn't technically a Dark Knight though right?

[Eyvhokan]

You do know Cloud isn't technically a Dark Knight though right?

He is a greatsword user though, and the game doesn't really have jobs.

[Joe777]

He is a greatsword user though, and the game doesn't really have jobs.

That is true, but according to data collected on him he was classified as a "Mystic Knight (Berserker)", to quote the info I read, at some point at least.

[Delily]

The "parry" and "magical" tank notions put aside, what stood out for DRK in 2.0 was that it was a more active job than either PLD or WAR. We had more defensive cool downs, we could toggle Grit, we had to weave Dark Arts in to many moves. When we parried, we could throw up reprisal, and we have to maintain scourge. Beyond the aesthetics of the job, it was just simple a lot more fun, to many people, to play than either P or WAR.

Then 3.0 was released with the express intention or reducing button bloat to simplify the jobs so they could focus on more complex content, and much of what made the job fun was taken away or reduced. Our identifying feature is Dark Arts, our ability to weave that into our moves to strengthen them is what does set us apart from the other 2 jobs, and it's one that SE needs to expand on.

[347SPECTRE]

The "parry" and "magical" tank notions put aside, what stood out for DRK in 3.0 was that it was a more active job than either PLD or WAR. We had more defensive cool downs, we could toggle Grit, we had to weave Dark Arts in to many moves. When we parried, we could throw up reprisal, and we have to maintain scourge. Beyond the aesthetics of the job, it was just simple a lot more fun, to many people, to play than either PLD or WAR.

Then 4.0 was released with the express intention or reducing button bloat to simplify the jobs so they could focus on more complex content, and much of what made the job fun was taken away or reduced. Our identifying feature is Dark Arts, our ability to weave that into our moves to strengthen them is what does set us apart from the other 2 jobs, and it's one that SE needs to expand on.

Fixed /10char