Dark Knight Megathread

[MerlinCross]

Cloud is also referenced in the DRK /vpose, /bstance, and male /cpose.

There's more to it than oversized swords, though. Many games go the Monster Hunter/Dark Souls route with their greatswords, with a big wind-up and massive hit. That's a fine approach, except that's exactly how WAR was designed from the ground up, and it actually has hitstop to add proper weight to its animations. One of the biggest reasons why Delirium feels so unsatisfying to use is because it just doesn't carry that raw, brutal force that the IR window does.

While here; This is probably why I hate Storm's Path. It just feels so weak and limp. I'd rather keep Butcher's Block but no we have to do the double storm attacks to keep "Theme"

The dev team clearly understands the importance of nostalgia in FFXIV's design. I mean, it always comes up in player surveys as well. Why did MCH change to be less like Mustadio and progressively more like FFVI's Edgar? Why did MNK get reworked simply to take on board Sabin's Blitzes? (Psst... Dolphin Kick next expansion.) Why is GNB so faithful to Squall and Seifer's movesets? Would I be surprised if Lionheart showed up at level 100 as a continuation finisher? Not even in the slightest.

I think you can go too far though with this Franchise Key Jingling. I have no problem with slight nods and references in poses or even some animations but if I wanted to play Edgar and Sabin, I'd just play FF6. If SAM gets Cyan's forever charge mechanic, or Dragoon only gets jumps next expansion(Because it's a dragoon, that's ALL Dragoon should do right is jump), I'm dropping those two. I JUST said that no one is asking for Dolphin Blow/Kick for Monk but hey, Point at thing I know and clap I guess. Let's just give it Earth Slash while we're at it.

I used to play MCH because it was MCH, not because it was Edgar. And if they go full on Cloud DRK..., well I'm glad people would want to play Cloud but I want to play as a Job, not a Character.