Perma shelved my DRK: No role, no idenity, no lore, no worthwhile skills, no fun

[Duskane]

job gauges are just screen bloat 80% of the time
there is simple mode
but there really should be status mode

Similar to how things were in HW or how buffs like Storms eye are some things just dont need a entire gauge on your screen
PLD would just need to be "Oath gauge ready" "oath gauge ready ²"

[jetfire117]

job gauges are just screen bloat 80% of the time
there is simple mode
but there really should be status mode

Similar to how things were in HW or how buffs like Storms eye are some things just dont need a entire gauge on your screen
PLD would just need to be "Oath gauge ready" "oath gauge ready ²"

I really do miss the old buff images, wish they kept them and gave us a choice between all three.

[eagledorf]

Please, yes. Just let us get rid of the gauges entirely. Aetherflow being a gauge drives me crazy too.

[ADVSS]

The hell are you all complaining about? DRK is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo awesooooooome like for reals. its awesome. it is.

some noob bs
a - no more DA spam - thats good right?
b- we got shit cleave, pretty impactful, till you try it next to a real warrior on striking dummy, right?
c - still the worst tank, you just dont have to try as hard to still suck worse

[Starkbeaumont]

i liked drk before and i still do despite it's very different to how it started at


PS. TC if you have so much to say you either don't get to the point or you don't have one at all.

[ADVSS]

i liked drk before and i still do despite it's very different to how it started at


PS. TC if you have so much to say you either don't get to the point or you don't have one at all.

HW/SB DRK just needed a reward/risk gameplay more so the single target play, none of this was addressed, at all.

[WhyAmIHere]

Calling it now.

Dark Arts'd EoS/FoS will direct/crit in 5.05, as an address to the "risk/reward" argument. (I.e. the dark arts proc will ensure the next eos/fos will also direct crit)
SE just gonna take the simplest approach to adjustments.

BUT HEY, IF IT'S JUST GONNA BE MORE LIKE WAR, LETS GO FURTHER DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE.
5.1 prediction:
Minus Strike. 20 Blackblood cost. 25s recast. Deals 400 potency, with additional potency the lower your MP pool is.

[Aluja89]

Okay, I see what you mean in that regard and for the most part agreed.

There's a million different things the devs could have done to lean into DRK having a burst window besides copying another class. It defeats the purpose of having different jobs, right? I feel like if the trend of DRK being a WAR clone, except one expansion behind, continues then we've already seen what we have to look forward to. I wouldn't be opposed to a blood combo or something other than current delirium. It lacks ingenuity, from my prospective, and I was hoping for more depth.

Indeed, they could have easily and I'm making this up right this second, made it a proc based buster tank using a "punishment" meter that builds up by doing and taking damage, the higher it is the more damage it does when the skill procs, if they don't want to make it feel like DRKs from other FFs at least make use of FFXIV's lore then.

But no, let's make it a clunky WAR instead.

[WhyAmIHere]

Indeed, they could have easily and I'm making this up right this second, made it a proc based buster tank using a "punishment" meter that builds up by doing and taking damage, the higher it is the more damage it does when the skill procs, if they don't want to make it feel like DRKs from other FFs at least make use of FFXIV's lore then.

But no, let's make it a clunky WAR instead.

bUt ThAt WoUlD wIdEn ThE gAp BeTwEeN tHe SkIlL fLoOr AnD cEiLiNg

[Shurrikhan]

You do realise that you spent the past year or so complaining that the Stormblood Dark Arts system was clunky and needed a rework, right?

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."

Patient: "Doc, I've got a problem with my leg."

After examination, the doctor confirms that major surgery will be required. Schedules him in immediately, sedates him an hour later, and a couple hours after that, the patient awakes to find his leg gone.

Doctor: "There, now the leg is not a problem. Good?"

Some common sense is probably worth applying to requests for improvement. That a request could be misconstrued does not make the outcome necessarily deserved.