The new Dark Knight and Gunbreaker gap closers look AWFUL

[MOABu]

The issue is now DRK generates 1200 mp & 20 blood gauge less every minute because they did not adjust the amount of mp the stacks of blood weapon should give, nor did they adjust how much gauge you actually need to access gauge abilties, this is a major oversight
and fixes should be as follows:
1- stacks of blood weapon should give 1000 mp instead of 600 mp to be neutral with what it was pre DT
2- Black Blood gauge should be overhauld to a 3 stack system similar to SAM meditative stacks which give access to shoha(bloodspiller and quietos in DRK case) where you gain stacks by 2 ways: blood weapon stacks and edge/flood
this will also require an adjustment to NOT overcapp on gauge where delirium stacks and blood weapon stacks cannot be consumed in a GCD at the same time(note: this is nothing new, they literally did a similar idea for WAR in 6.1 when they made it possible to consume infuriate buff but not a stack of inner release)

[Shrikesong]

I've never posted on the forums before but came here precisely for this reason!

The removal of potency/emnity from GNB and DRK not only wont solve whatever dps balance between tanks they were hoping to achieve, it takes away the go-to first click for most tanks!

Whatever tweaks they make mechanically, I would put down real mogstation money to get Rough Divide and its animation back. Both that skill and plunge had amazing physicality to them and I cant fathom why the team would change something so fun!!

[Ruvycontria]

are we starting a new hashtag? #PlungeBack. lmao

And #RoughDivideBack, too.
Increasing the enmity of AoEs and 0 damage-slow rush doesn't solve their dissatisfaction.

[OliverQ]

I just started leveling my GNB and saw trajectory. Yup, it's horrible.

I don't get the reasoning behind this. If they didn't want damage attached to a gap closer, just remove the damage. Why change the animation? Rough Divide was cool. Give it back.

[Khatmar]

The DRK gap closer is awful, please bring back plunge and the gap closer for GNB too. These changes are non-sensical. Why keep the damage gap closer for WAR and PLD then? Keep those and add back those that were removed.

[Avorie]

The DRK gap closer is awful, please bring back plunge and the gap closer for GNB too. These changes are non-sensical. Why keep the damage gap closer for WAR and PLD then? Keep those and add back those that were removed.

At this point it sometimes feels like yelling in a vacuum the devs will stick to their guns force us to play a crappy low APM DRK for 2 years and tell us.
"Don't worry its good for tanking." The fact that they had a chance to even make AD better with 2 stacks better hp gain, with higher damage, shows that they either don't understand
that 'Magic Knight' aspect of the job or they don't really put much thought into the class, that would have literally helped DRK to have waaay better self sustain. Hell even giving Salted Earth regen would have helped.

[Khatmar]

At this point it sometimes feels like yelling in a vacuum the devs will stick to their guns force us to play a crappy low APM DRK for 2 years and tell us.
"Don't worry its good for tanking." The fact that they had a chance to even make AD better with 2 stacks better hp gain, with higher damage, shows that they either don't understand
that 'Magic Knight' aspect of the job or they don't really put much thought into the class, that would have literally helped DRK to have waaay better self sustain. Hell even giving Salted Earth regen would have helped.

I am pretty sure that it is simply that they dont put much thought into it. They see big sword, edgy/dark theme and that is it. It is literally the Death Knight, Black Knight, whatever knight and there is no leech/magic warrior theme in there thought about. I wish there were.

[VictorSpoils]

Gunbreaker could shoot behind it to dash towards the enemy.

GNB though doesn't make any sense, like they just choose to go faster? You don't fire a cartridge or anything you just, slide right up to the enemy? What is it even supposed to be?

Firstly, why on earth is the animation not the GNB using the explosive force of the Gunblade to propel himself forward? It's thematic and fitting if unrealistic.

Time for this:

[CidHeiral]

Yesss but more explosive and in more of an arc.

[Oizen]

At this point it sometimes feels like yelling in a vacuum the devs will stick to their guns force us to play a crappy low APM DRK for 2 years and tell us.
"Don't worry its good for tanking." The fact that they had a chance to even make AD better with 2 stacks better hp gain, with higher damage, shows that they either don't understand
that 'Magic Knight' aspect of the job or they don't really put much thought into the class, that would have literally helped DRK to have waaay better self sustain. Hell even giving Salted Earth regen would have helped.

Well to be blunt, its because they don't care and its the bare minimum they can do to change for the sake of changes.

This is the expansion that padded the traits out across the board with role action upgrade of all things.