Dark Knight Megathread

[Benn]

although you bring some very nice points to the discussion, and you bring a fresh perspective of someone who played SHB DRK without the older context, I'll never understand this narrative that's been going around, in which people claim that fixing Living Dead will somehow magically solve all of DRK problems. you just stated 7 equally valid complaints that cover a wide range of issues, from AD potency to BW timing, to TBN at lower levels (a MUCH needed change), and yet you also say that fixing LD will somehow make all of these other problems more bearable?

I'm not saying that people shouldn't ask for a fix to LD (that skill needed an overhaul on release, or at least a visual aid for the party)
but fixing a broken invuln will not fix the atrocious leveling placement, the butchered and disjointed kit, nor will it somehow return to us the resource management playstyle that was robbed from us.

To make it more clear of what I meant: I know there are numerous of things that could use tweaks when it comes to DRK kits.

However those things (the 7 complaints you mentioned that I stated) are not essentially broken. They need tweaks. Absolutely, but - Delirium is not broken. It's great burst/DPS window. People just dislike it's long cooldown, spam and "time pressure" to get all 5 bloodsplitters in. However, it's not broken. It works, even if akward for some. It also does it job - being DPS burst.

Same with for example Dark Mind - it works, it does it job. It's could be better, but it's not broken. It reduces magical damage, fine, it does that. Abyssal Drain could use more CD or potency. Yes, but it still does what it does - AOE dmg and heal.

However, all those skills do not punish player for using them. And all of them do what they are suppose to do.

However - Living Dead does not do it's job. In 8/10 cases instead of SAVING a tank from death (which is it's supposed job as other tanks invluns), it just makes it occur 10s after. And that's not what you want from clutch skill. People rely on you as tank to survive, they think you can use your skill in time to buy extra time for party without dying. Like when one healer is dead and other healer is rising him - every other tank can pop his Invul and survive incoming Tankbuster/damage for enough time so healers can regroup, get back to game. Living Dead however DEPENDS on healer. It's pretty much not a tank ability, but tank/healer ability. Instead of draning tank cooldown and tank resources so tank can survive, it trains both tank resources, healer resources and it's a skill that makes both tank and healer work around it.

So that's why I think Living Dead is the most important step out of other steps. If tomorrow you would ask me if I wanted fixes to 7 abilities vs one fix to make LD a normal invul - I would take LD fix in hearbeat. Becasue it's the only one DRK ability that does not do what it's supposed to do and it's more of problem than help.

Alo you saying "Btuchered and disjointed kit" but that's your opinion. I like current kit, I like abilities, I like DRK overall. I would only tweak abilities that he already has. I do not believe he needs any more serious rework.

So out of all those tweaks - I think fixing Living Dead is most important.