Dark Knight Megathread

[Archwizard]

It would also give a HoT that DRK so desperately needs without tying the HoT to TBN like people keep saying (Which would be the WORST place to place a HoT for reasons I have said before)

Out of curiosity, do you here a mean a HoT specifically, or just in the sense that, say, a HoT can provide more throughput than it'd actually typically be balanced for since it gives up some control/responsiveness? Is this more an interest in just getting gear-based sustain up there whatever way we can without throwing more barrier at BarrierBoy or getting too heavily taxed for on-demand heals (since we're not Warrior and therefore don't get a free pass)? I'd just like to hear why you think DRK desparately needs a HoT in particular (or why a HoT would uniquely meet DRK's needs).

I mean, potentially unpopular opinion, but I'd rather DRK didn't get a HoT.

That's not to say I hope DRK doesn't get some sustainable form of self-healing -- I'm a huge advocate of it being a leech tank like WAR (or usurping WAR for that position given their respective histories and aesthetics, not to mention DRK's long-standing precedent through Sole Survivor, AD and Tar Pit) -- and I'm well aware it's the only tank left without a HoT at this point.
But unless it's being slowly leeched from enemies (... I have some thoughts on Salted Earth now actually), I feel like a HoT simply isn't DRK's style or aesthetic, y'know? Especially not giving healing effects to other people, since that strays perhaps too closely to the aesthetic of the PLD that it exists in opposition to.

That being said, as far as "consume Dark Mind to improve Dark Missionary"... I will advise we tread lightly, since if we're arguing for any kind of buff to Dark Missionary, we have to keep in mind that it occupies the same niche as GNB's Heart of Light, much as Shake It Off and Divine Veil do with each other.
... Not to mention that there's the potential for DMind to be relegated to being saved exclusively for DMissionary to consume it for the boost. While that's not an issue for Shake It Off, the effects it consumes have individually strong use-cases and the benefit they give SIO is relatively small, unlike present DMind for a raidwide HoT (just look at RPR's HoT, which even at 50p is still fairly hefty, and for a tank to get value out of it you could expect stronger).