A DRK Rework Suggestion for 7.0 (or beyond)

[SeverianLyonesse]

I'm mainly using Bravely because it has the most expansive Dark Knights, 3 games worth while FF only has 2 and only one is worth mentioning. Besides, the point simply was that I understand the direction they went with XIV's DRK. It's a heavily armored relentless magic knight, the idea shows in Bravely and in FFXIV. Sometimes the reasons speak for themselves but you keep saying no for some reason.

Hmmm my count is different:

FFIII: M. Knight (somewhat retooled to Dark Knight)
FFX-2: Dark Knight
FFXI: Dark Knight

Plus:

FFII: Leon
FFIV: Cecil

So it's definitely more than "two-but-really-only-one-of-note"

[Archwizard]

FFIII: M. Knight (somewhat retooled to Dark Knight)
FFX-2: Dark Knight
FFXI: Dark Knight
FFIV: Cecil

I'm not sure I would count II (Leon only has the title, not the abilities), but III's was named "Dark Knight" in most releases, and I would also add:

Rev. Wings: Ba'gamnan
Tactics: both the job and Gafgarion
Type-0: Machina (Sice is more of a RPR example)
And probably a number of other side-entries (Crystal Chronicles, Dimensions, Chocobo Dungeon, Record Keeper, etc).

... And a bit over half of those have access to some sort of siphoning magic to offset Darkside's cost. In addition to XIV's own already having multiple siphoning skills since inception.

(This is ignoring customizable characters such as Zack or several FF8 characters who could be given Darkside, and also Siphon Strike or Drain.)

The assumption that most of the FF Dark Knight entries are in Bravely is... appalling, because it would be far from an iconic job if true given how recent Bravely is.