Quote Originally Posted by Tarrick View Post
I guess we're just ignoring Flood of Darkness at 30, Salted Earth at 52, and Abyssal Drain at 56 for some reason because they're OGCD?

WAR doesn't get Mythril Tempest until 40 and then technically has Steel Cyclone at 45 but good luck ever finding opportunity to use it when you don't generate beast gauge from AoE until 74, leaving them with effectively just 2 moves for the vast majority of AoE situations until then.

They're different implementations. I thought you wanted them to be distinct from each other.
^ Unless the DRK were doing noticeably less AoE across the same pull sizes in the same leveling dungeon than other tanks would do at that same level... I don't see the need for Stalwart Soul so early.

You're inevitably balanced around getting your AoE-pt.2. That means, in effect, that you just have a weaker AoE-pt.1 (including its surrounding available AoE ppm via abilities) while being forced to backload each AoE cast with its requisite Part-B.

If hitting ABABAB were really that much more fun than AAAAA (and the occasional 12 strike to give the last MP boost needed for Flood, which is stronger than Mythril anyways), I could understand wanting to nerf Flood (and by counterpart, Edge) across levels 40-72 to make way for Stalwart Soul, but... is it, actually?