Drk absorb hp, or mp, why was this nerfed

[Bhearil]

It is also a Healer issue if you have nothing left to heal in the first place. And just because "it has always been that way" , doesn't necessarily mean it is good design on any regard. If anything, ALL tanks should get the DRK treatment, abd just PLD gets to keep clemency and thats it.

Instead, Tanks should get something like a parry skill, (except for PLD, because clemency), which should work similar on how it works for SAM, but without the Healing part and with a CD of arround 20-40sec. If you dont successfully get hit after using the parry skill, you will get penalized. Something like that would make tank gameplay alot better.

You can blame SE for making jobs more and more casual like healers having so many instant heals that would make Jesus blush, because unless people play badly you can heal even savage rarely using gcds by rotation your ogcds most of the time. And thats was way before Tanks got the current improved self sustain (once again making jobs more and more casual)

[Anhra]

From another topic, SE won't ever do this again, it only encourages Tank DPS padding. Self only abilities that grants DPS only makes the job more favourable to bring, can easily exploit for raid buff windows, or optimising more over other tanks. There is zero reason to pop Clemency unless Healer is performing poorly, or it's downtime nothing to attack. EW Clemency, is still a GCD that should never be casted whatsoever in 99% of cases.

Third Eye exist, but you have to soak lethal levels of damage for usage, or a rotation window of a bosses attack. Soaking lethal levels of damage requires raid members to use resources reducing the optimal attempt.

I am speaking on high tier content, not the casual content.

Only a fool takes a Game Directors words for granted. Yoshi P. also used to say that PLD will NEVER be able to block magical dmg, yet here we are. And Opimisation is the last thing, that should influence gameplay design of any kind, thats why we are in this Gameplay design mess to begin with.

Tanks should be tanks, not demigods who also happen to be lowkey healers.

[ThorneDynasty]

I'm kind of fine with PLD being able to moonlight as a healer, since at least it's never ideal to spend your GCDs taking over from the healer and the DPS penalty does get heftier the longer you need to do it when MP runs out. I could see Intervention healing being changed though.

Maybe I'm just biased toward my new main? I do also see plenty of WAR players just stoked being able to play with god mode on without the slightest concern for the overall balance.

[Undeadfire]

Only a fool takes a Game Directors words for granted. Yoshi P. also used to say that PLD will NEVER be able to block magical dmg, yet here we are. And Opimisation is the last thing, that should influence gameplay design of any kind, thats why we are in this Gameplay design mess to begin with.

Tanks should be tanks, not demigods who also happen to be lowkey healers.

That's different, Paladin being unable to block Magic Damage only made Dark Knight a higher pick rate, they want all jobs to be able to clear content, not make other jobs struggle with content more than others.

Edit: I know a Dark Knight mention is coming, and it won't struggle under a competent player, TBN has always been very powerful in Savage raids.

[Valknut]

That's different, Paladin being unable to block Magic Damage only made Dark Knight a higher pick rate, they want all jobs to be able to clear content, not make other jobs struggle with content more than others.

Edit: I know a Dark Knight mention is coming, and it won't struggle under a competent player, TBN has always been very powerful in Savage raids.

I don't think anyone who is doing EX/raids is saying DRK is weak in them. Its literally just wall to wall pulling that is so off kilter compared to the other 3.