Dark Knight moving forward: Job change ideas for 6.0

[DRKoftheAzure]

I haven't read the whole thread... But, I wanted to put out some (Poorly thought out) ideas:

Okay.

- Delirium not being IR clone. Instead grants "Darkest Arts" for the duration, making Flood/Edge of Darkness/Shadow cost 0 mana for the duration. (Would be a significant DPS increase over simply Bloodspiller spam that the current design provides though)

Still an IR clone no matter how you slice it... though if was 0 MP and 0 Blood Gauge costs then would be a better IR clone since you get 5 GCDs and 5 min. oGCDs in(OG IR can only get 2 free oGCDs in for DPS) and would require the removal of Living Shadow for it to work, which at this point I would rather they remove Living Shadow(I'll get into why at the end of this post) which is probably why Living Shadow Exists because they didn't want DRK to have better IR window...

- Bloodspiller and Quietus providing MP on use, baseline (Not part of Delirium)

This one is not poorly thought out because it is a good QoL change that needs to happen... but you know Living Shadow exists...

- Blood Weapon, Delirium, Salted Earth, Abyssal Drain, Carve and Spit, Plunge and Spooky Boi Living Shadow CD's affected by SkS. (I miss the affinity for SkS that DRK had for ages)

So long as Living Shadow exists, don't expect to get those changes...


And I finally figured out why I hate Living Shadow; it's basically like watching someone else play DRK better than you, which why I would I want a crappy companion/pet NPC have a cool rotation for my job/class abilities when I can just watch youtube videos of older and BETTER versions of DRK that I could be watching instead? Or what if I actually want to do the rotation that Living Shadow is doing without the Living Shadow?

[Kalise]

Still an IR clone no matter how you slice it...

Not really.

Unless any 10s CD DPS skill is now an IR clone. Blood Weapon is IR clone!

One of the points about IR, is that you just spam 1 button for the duration of it. With a minor caveat of your one single oGCD attack (Upheaval) and maybe a couple of gapclosers.

Causing DRK's oGCD attacks to become free instead of GCD attacks, will mean you'll still be using your normal combo and Blood skills. If anything, it would create a temporary feeling of StB's Dark Arts (The whole DA > GCD > DA > GCD > DA > GCD meme).

So long as Living Shadow exists, don't expect to get those changes...

Not sure why LS would prevent a change to make SkS not garbage compared to Crit + DH? Heck, it wouldn't even make SkS not garbage, given that it would mess with the "Skillful Co-ordination" that is aligning 60/90/120s CD's with party members 60/90/120s CD party DPS buffs.

And I finally figured out why I hate Living Shadow

Personally, I hate it because the level 50 quest pointed out that my darkside is a shadow reflection of myself (Sort of how Dark Link is a shadow version of Link). Since it was a fight with Fray and then he was all like "But wait, I'm actually your darkside!" and then becomes a shadow verson of yourself that you have to fight.

But then the 70 quest comes along and now apparently Fray is my darkside?

[Shurrikhan]

This one is not poorly thought out because it is a good QoL change that needs to happen... but you know Living Shadow exists...

That's no QoL change. It's a straight buff. I'd argue a good one, but the gameplay difference from that is almost nil, while the numeric difference would be noticeable, even if not enough to bring it up to PLD/GNB damage (not that DRK likely should, given current TBN).

So long as Living Shadow exists, don't expect to get those changes...

Nothing about Living Shadow makes those changes less likely. If anything, it's just the fact that they're all things you'd want timed to raid buffs that make them unlikely. The more likely fix for SkS better affecting Salted Earth and Living Shadow is for DoT damage to be increased as much by SkS/SpS as the GCD is, rather than at an amount at even lower efficiency than Determination, so DoT-inclusive jobs don't inherently suffer for taking it, or revamping SkS/SpS entirely so they can affect abilities (with an option, somehow, not to desync from raid buffs while still benefiting from SkS/SpS).

And I finally figured out why I hate Living Shadow; it's basically like watching someone else play DRK better than you, which why I would I want a crappy companion/pet NPC have a cool rotation for my job/class abilities when I can just watch youtube videos of older and BETTER versions of DRK that I could be watching instead? Or what if I actually want to do the rotation that Living Shadow is doing without the Living Shadow?

I don't think a "better DRK" would be using Quietus in single-target, though I'll admit the throw-backs to certain GCD skills and the variety therein is more visually appealing.