Quote Originally Posted by Ryaduera View Post
GNB and DRK should not have identical party mitigations. Period. I don't care which one gets what, but the fact that they are literally the same thing infuriates me to no end, especially since DRK gets it so much later. They should be different. For this reason I hate both, even though they are a good ability.
Thinking about it now... if PLD lost Divine Veil and went all in on Passage of Arms as its partywide defense, then that would show a push for each tank to get a unique partywide and make room for one of GNB or DRK to replace Dark Missionary or Heart of Light, respectively.

DRK's got some potential, I think, for a PoA-like ability where they plant their sword, kneel behind it and channel an area of defense around themselves. As you say, DRK is the shadow cast by PLD, so it would make sense.
The question then being "what exactly would it do differently." With the big push for DRK as an anti-magic tank, Dark Missionary is already the logical partywide for it; I just find GNB a bit too... thematically vague to come up with an alternative for it, while DRK has untapped potential from the abyss.