Why I think Shadowbringers Dark Knight is not going to be fun...

[DRKoftheAzure]

And here i thought it was just going to be healers that i’d get mindless entertainment from. Got to agree that Dark to me looks at least a slight bit more interesting then all the dark arts nonsense of 4.x

I was hyped to actually touch AST in 5.0 after seeing job action trailer, but leaks and media tour info dropped and revealed that it was all damage up buffs for all cards(would have been nice for certain card to do something more than just damage up for certain roles but that will probably 6.0 to happen)... R.I.P. buff healer fantasy...

Cant say for sure it will be but hey i look forward to finding out in a few days. For me there wasn’t anything really engaging about dark in 4.x aside from having a bit of fun solo tanking o6s when it was relevant. (Oh god i know its so horrid for parses but its a ton of fun to see people who doubt its possible react when you actually do it.)

Sounds like chaotic fun... not gonna lie...

But gameplay wise it kinda sucked in my opinion. It wasn’t as brain dead as warrior but it wasn’t super interesting either. Power slash being gone really doesn’t bug me. I used it once? Maybe twice during pull and never touched it again. The animation really not that great.. (ooo im gonna shoulder tackle the flat of my blade against you... cmon i have a GIANT SWORD! I want to cleave some people in two.) dark passenger was a meme until it got buffed, sole survivor was alright i guess.. i mean better after it was buffed.. but first part of sb it was kinda.. meh?

WARs IR=Fell Cleave spam is basically BLM Fire 4 Spam... and Power Slash animation was downward slash followed by blast of dark energy from the free hand, which was AWSEOME. Dark Passenger was okay but could have been WAY better that's for sure, same with Sole Survivor after it got buffed... Also I will take Dark Arts spam over Fire 4/Fell Cleave spam window anyday...

Like really... going back through (cant speak for heavensward so i wont) ill take what seems to be a slightly more engaging dark knight in shadowbringers over the dark arts bot dark knight in stormblood but thats just me.

If you find it fun more power to you, if you don't there are certainly other options like GNB or PLD in terms of tanking...

Disclaimer: i dont claim, pretend, or think im a great dark knight but i have fun with it and i have enjoyed it this expansion despite my criticisms, but i can recognize this stormblood iteration had it’s flaws and while i dont know what it will be in shadowbringers until i experience it myself. From what i have seen it looks mildly more entertaining and engaging than just dark arts this dark arts that.. one dark arts power slash, drop grit, and blood weapon and delirium on cd..

Going Gritless in boss fights and switching between Power Slash and Souleater was way more fun for me and actually felt like stance dancing, but that's also my personal preference(Yes I like alternating between GCD rotations)...