Dark Knigh needs some changes

[Zairava]

I had been wondering about Abyssal Drain myself recently too. I agree, decouple it from Carve and Spit is the right move to make.

BUT at the risk of making it too homogenous with paladin, I wondered if it might not better be suited to being a third move in their AOE rotation? It may need adjustments to work, but giving dark knight a self heal on every third move of their AOE combo would help with self sustain and bring it more in line with the other three tanks for dungeon runs.

Please don't actually make it a third step aoe combo.

Just decouple Abyssal Drain from Carve and Spit and either make a 30s CD or make it a spell again please

[wereotter]

Please don't actually make it a third step aoe combo.

Just decouple Abyssal Drain from Carve and Spit and either make a 30s CD or make it a spell again please

I only play the job very casually.... is there a reason dark knight shouldn't have a three move AOE combo? Paladin and gunbreaker already both have a three move combo, and I assumed getting a third move like paladin that restores health every time it's used would be a good thing for sustain in dungeon runs. But I'm willing to learn why that's not a good idea...

[NegativeS]

I only play the job very casually.... is there a reason dark knight shouldn't have a three move AOE combo? Paladin and gunbreaker already both have a three move combo

You just answered your own question.

No good reason to further homogenize the jobs.

[Shurrikhan]

I only play the job very casually.... is there a reason dark knight shouldn't have a three move AOE combo? Paladin and gunbreaker already both have a three move combo, and I assumed getting a third move like paladin that restores health every time it's used would be a good thing for sustain in dungeon runs. But I'm willing to learn why that's not a good idea...

PLD and GNB don't have 3-move combos. They have resources built by their 2-step combos and spent separately, which is a hell of a lot more flexible.

Making Abyssal Drain a 3rd step would be the worst of both worlds. Same-y feeling (even if not actually the same), except worse (less flexible). It'd feel like hand-me-down shoes without sole or laces that you're then obliged to wear over your previous perfectly fine pair (that was degraded to make room for the hand-me-down).

Closer, oddly enough, to PLD and GNB would just be to have DRK generate a hell of a lot more MP, so that you'd be looking at nearly a Flood per combo's time, perhaps with Abyssal Drain then becoming a spammable GCD at MP cost. Similar in CPM distribution across AoE... but distinctly DRK.