What could DRK have learned from FFXI?

[Seku]

Except DRK has always been a Vanguard type heavy armor front line job with a massive hp pool. Also known as a tanky job. This isn't XI so just stop with DRK should take damage to do damage it doesn't work like that in a game that focuses around the trinity system.

In FF III it just used dark swords and was a gimpier ninja. Tactics it sucked hp and mp from its targets to stay alive when it took damage sounds a lot like drks soul eater on xiv.

Heavy Armor and massive hp pool doesn't = Tank.

Taking hits for party members, reducing damage, and keep the monster's attention / attacks on you = Tank.

By your logic monk and Samurai are also tanks. Monk has High Hp and Samurai normally sports high defense as well as good armor set. Their also both front line jobs. Samurai also fits the bill better as a few of their moves holds evasion. But we don't associate Samurai with being a tank. Why is that? Samurai thematically has no way of re-directing damage to itself.

Also in FF4, Dark knight Cecil has the lowest magic defense. As I stated earlier, the only true tank that has existed in any Final Fantasy has been Paladin / Knight - based on the fact that it's been the only job to force an enemy to attack them as far as stand alone games go.

I already mention soul eater. I also mentioned Abyssal Drain.

In original FF 3 yes, because it's identity did not exist. In the remake you know what it did? Hurt itself to do damage.

In tatics, you know what it also did? Focused on Hurting itself to do damage. It also gave up it's defense to do more damage.

You know what else Drk did in 11? Aspir...which drained mp from it's target. It also hurt itself to do damage, as well as enfeeble.

You know what Dark Knight doesn't do in any other final fantasy? Focus on reducing magical damage, focus on bolstering it's defense.

Starting to see a theme yet?