Dark Knight Megathread

[shao32]

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Yeah i agree with that, DRK total lack of mechanics its part of the problem of the job and you depend totally of raid buffs to how to manage your own stuff.

DRK use to be better on aoes with more free use of abyssal drain, It was better at self sustain, its so sad how they killed the best part of DRK Gameplay like that.

I genuinely hope that they're still working in progress on DRK. Or that Delirium is basically like back in Stormblood. When the camera focuses in on DRK again, it seems they've used Quietus indicated by the animation. It also has been only used once, which perhaps means that the spamming has ended in 6.0, all in all that's just my thoughts however; take it with a grain of salt. What all of this ends up being will only be certain once we see the Job trailer.

Yep thats totally Delirium good catch, *sigh* yeah we can't tell until september but ay least we can saddly confirm that Delirium stay in the game as a Buff of somekind, i Hope the skill get reworked, its been the most specific request of the entre expansión, i Hope current Delirium die un hell

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

I rewatched the benchmark several times but im unable to see Delirium there, the only thing i have hope right now is this from the Q&A:

Q - Will there be jobs where it's been changed drastically in how they are played? If so, what job would that be?
A - We cannot answer this. While there ARE, we cannot tell you which job it is. Please look forward to the next PLL.

I really wishing to much that job is DRK, please for the lord.

Yep thats totally Delirium good catch, *sigh* yeah we can't tell until september but ay least we can saddly confirm that Delirium stay in the game as a Buff of somekind, i Hope the skill get reworked, its been the most specific request of the entre expansión, i Hope current Delirium die un hell

I 100% agree with you, and you are going to make me cry, Shao32... X'D I will not be surprised if Dark Knight is not one of those drastically changed subclasses, and that the stupid ShB Delirium intends to stay. >-> I am still not going to hope yet, but it would be great if that means that Dark Knight
has been redesigned for the better...

[Jandor]

Dark Knight skill from the benchmark.

http://i.imgur.com/CGu5tSE.gifv

[Kalaam]

That looks a lot like an upgrade to TBN (and to shieldtron on PLD? Maybe ? Or intervention)

[Kaixern]

Why do i feel that this mitigation skill is gonna be like one of those "evolved spells" (that only just are a potency buff and a new visual effect) like for example when edge of darkness becomes edge of shadow, and in this case it's gonna be something like "blackest night has evolved into : the shadowest blackest night!"
(maybe it is a real new spell, or the return of shadowskin or maybe it even adds something new to blackest night if it is the case, but i don't feel like it is, so please give me all the reasons in the world to prove me wrong i would gladly appreciate.)

[Kalaam]

Why do i feel that this mitigation skill is gonna be like one of those "evolved spells" (that only just are a potency buff and a new visual effect) like for example when edge of darkness becomes edge of shadow, and in this case it's gonna be something like "blackest night has evolved into : the shadowest blackest night!"
(maybe it is a real new spell, or the return of shadowskin or maybe it even adds something new to blackest night if it is the case, but i don't feel like it is, so please give me all the reasons in the world to prove me wrong i would gladly appreciate.)

Though the end animation seems kind of aggressive (with the wrist flick of the sword etc) so maybe it's a different buff ? This makes for quite a lengthy animation.

[currentlemon]

The animation for the new mitigation skill looks as if it is a Gunbreaker animation. If you pay close attention to it, the DRK adjusts his stance before the Plunge attack. It looks like a GNB stance. Probably used as a placeholder for the time being.

[Shin96]

The animation for the new mitigation skill looks as if it is a Gunbreaker animation. If you pay close attention to it, the DRK adjusts his stance before the Plunge attack. It looks like a GNB stance. Probably used as a placeholder for the time being.

That would also make sense. To me it looks more like sword on back for a moment but there's a good amount of time until the animation ends. Interesting what this will end up being.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned yet but it could also be a DPS stance for tanks, it gives me that vibe. They're using it before attacking the monster. Probably wrong but worth mentioning I think.

[Kalaam]

That would also make sense. To me it looks more like sword on back for a moment but there's a good amount of time until the animation ends. Interesting what this will end up being.

I'm not sure if this was mentioned yet but it could also be a DPS stance for tanks, it gives me that vibe. They're using it before attacking the monster. Probably wrong but worth mentioning I think.

The fact it creates an orb around the DRK would feel a bit weird for a DPS stance I feel, I wouldn't be against stances coming back but I don't think this is one

[shao32]

I 100% agree with you, and you are going to make me cry, Shao32... X'D I will not be surprised if Dark Knight is not one of those drastically changed subclasses, and that the stupid ShB Delirium intends to stay. >-> I am still not going to hope yet, but it would be great if that means that Dark Knight
has been redesigned for the better...

I hope i don't make you cry ^^
Yeah my expectations are fairly low too but i wont deny i apreciate that there is a 0.1% of having DRK being that job meaning they are going to rework it as how it was. Im nopt gonna lie, i know SCH and AST as been asking for big reworks too in the fairy and the card system and such and they are the ones that are probably get it due the healer role redistribution but i hope this 2 years of DRK gameplay identity complains mean something at the end.

Back to the new animations discussions the DRK bubble and the PLD multi shield are obviously defensive buffs to me, the thing is they are to flashy to being simply a upgraded TBN/Shelltron and looks like something you will use as an invul, my bet is they are going to delete the current invuls and will add this new defensive skills being less powerfull to spice all things, something having more recast than Sentinel and a bit more powerful so you play more with your defensive kit.