Introduce a new tank and make dark knight DPS again

[Luminarium]

it's currently terrible as a tank class tho. it requires much higher skill level to pull the same dps as a war/pld when it comes to raiding that the class became close to irrelevant. instead of making it a dps class, i'd rather add scourge back

[GunksFoy]

it's currently terrible as a tank class tho. it requires much higher skill level to pull the same dps as a war/pld when it comes to raiding that the class became close to irrelevant. instead of making it a dps class, i'd rather add scourge back

Doesn't change the fact it's never going to be a DPS, nor should it be. I believe DRK is getting adjustments in 4.3 iirc though.

[Luminarium]

Doesn't change the fact it's never going to be a DPS, nor should it be. I believe DRK is getting adjustments in 4.3 iirc though.

i never wanted it to be a dps too. i remember having too much fun with it back in HW. I do hope they lower MP costs for grit, TBN and dark passenger (shield oath costs 600mp while grit costs about 3x and pld gets free shelltron whenever they want that blocks 20+% damage)

Being the worst tank at the moment doesn't make it a "terrible" tank. You think adding Scourge back is going to fix everything? That won't make up for the loss of Low-Blow reset and Reprisal potencies/utilities. You can't just unga-unga in more damage and call it a day.

but that's what they do to most classes each patch anyway lmao

[Kabooa]

but that's what they do to most classes each patch anyway lmao

Ackshually

[Dualgunner]

The sheer amount of reworks that would be needed to convert a tank into a DPS job would be outrageous. And if they did do it, SAM would have to likewise be converted into a tank since the devs co-designed the jobs. Or at least, what we know as DRK could have been SAM, but the devs chose DRK as a more fitting theme for a job for HW.

So that's two communities of players that are now left in the dust. That said, would I find it cool if there were a DPS spec for DRK and a tank spec for SAM? Sure, actually. Since jobs are weapon-locked, you run into the issue of people wanting to be a tank SAM and a DPS DRK who have their job fantasies not only unfulfilled, but also completely locked away by the fact their job is already in the game.

I do find it lolzy that people are jumping to protect DRK as if it's the most popular tank and its loss as a tank would drastically shake tanking popularity as we know it though.

[Otorinth]

it's currently terrible as a tank class tho. it requires much higher skill level to pull the same dps as a war/pld when it comes to raiding that the class became close to irrelevant. instead of making it a dps class, i'd rather add scourge back

Being the worst tank at the moment doesn't make it a "terrible" tank. You think adding Scourge back is going to fix everything? That won't make up for the loss of Low-Blow reset and Reprisal potencies/utilities. You can't just unga-unga in more damage and call it a day.