What have you done?

[TheForce]

God... this is sounding like WoW players all over again... "What the hell! They changed my class from a super clunky 50 button game to a more manageable 30 button game! Literally unplayable!"

Sigh, if only it was that simple. But, it's not.

[MoonbemSupreme]

Another thing, Dark Arts was a nonsense ability that you had to spam constantly and I very glad they got rid of it from the rotation and put it as an icon I just have to keep an eye on. Furthermore, thank god they also got rid of Power Slash! That was a lame looking attack...

[TheForce]

Another thing, Dark Arts was a nonsense ability and you had to spam constantly and I very glad they got rid of it from the rotation and put it as an icon I just have to keep an eye on. Furthermore, thank god they also got rid of Power Slash! That was a lame looking attack...

Lol, hold on. I had to read this a second time.

So, you're glad they got rid of Dark Arts because you needed to spam it, but you're also glad you only have one single target combo now that you're forced to spam? What are you even talking about dude.

[Reynhart]

Another thing, Dark Arts was a nonsense ability that you had to spam constantly and I very glad they got rid of it from the rotation and put it as an icon I just have to keep an eye on.

Are you glad that Darkside is also now just an icon that you keep your eye on while spamming Edge/Flood constantly into your one combo rotation ?

[shao32]

6.0 to don't lose the tradition we remove soul eater combo, now DRK is all spaming bloodspiller please looking forward to it.
yuhuuu the job is super fast now, it feels good it have a lot of identity.

That's our future.

[EpicOverlord85]

I’ve heard that Paladin is in a far better state right now and while it’s tempting to switch I just don’t have the energy or enthusiasm to level my Paladin again (sitting at 54 since HW). If this is the route the game will be taking (and potentially doubling down on it) I’m not sure I want to stick around anymore which makes me sad because I’ve been subbed for over three straight years and never once doubted the game.

[EpicOverlord85]

And yet here we are still spamming 1-2-3 just without DA. Instead of giving something interesting to do Square instead doubled down on the boring design. MP management was way easier than it was in HW sure, but you still had to be careful about what you were spamming as it was still easy to bottom out your magic. Killing our haste buff with blood weapon was also a terrible idea.

MP is harder to generate, but we barely have anything to spend it on. As long as you keep at least 6,000 MP in reserve you can basically spam whatever you want when it comes to the shadow moves and still easily have enough to use TBN when necessary. We basically have nothing to manage anymore other than dark side which it ridiculously easy to keep up. One combo, nothing to manage, a shallow tool kit, I’m just not seeing the complexity you’re referring to.

[shao32]

I’ve heard that Paladin is in a far better state right now and while it’s tempting to switch I just don’t have the energy or enthusiasm to level my Paladin again (sitting at 54 since HW). If this is the route the game will be taking (and potentially doubling down on it) I’m not sure I want to stick around anymore which makes me sad because I’ve been subbed for over three straight years and never once doubted the game.

PLD and WAR evolved and are more fun now, PLD specially get some extra mechanics that looks pretty interesting and they reduce the cast time of holy spirit so it will be more smooth.
GNB on the other hand have a nice rotation and feels pretty rewarding to play at the same time busy with minimum downtimes, it's a good alternative if you like old DRK.

Btw you can edit you first post to ignore the initial limit.

[EpicOverlord85]

We’re still spamming Soul Eater, yes, but with the caveat of having even less to do. 1-2-3 and keep dark side up, that’s Dark Knight now. Why not give us something more interesting to do like we’ve been asking for years? Why not rework the power slash combo into something more useful? Why double down on soul eater and not add anything else other than Edge and Flood?

[TheForce]

6.0 to don't lose the tradition we remove soul eater combo, now DRK is all spaming bloodspiller please looking forward to it.
yuhuuu the job is super fast now, it feels good it have a lot of identity.

That's our future.

LOOOOOOOL!