Quote Originally Posted by Delsus View Post
Look at FFIV, Cecil can use an ability called "Darkness" as a DRK, as a PLD he can use White magic (holy), in order for Cecil to become a PLD he has to confront himself to remove all his darkness and he becomes a PLD (Game is 20 years old, not really a spoiler after that long)

Also, I post again the profile of DRK from FF wiki



Bolded the important things.

And so you don't have to look through a dictionary, Opposed means somethings opposite.

And if you look through the games you will see that DRKs use swords alot more than scythes (FFXI only) and great swords, also Deathbringer is a one handed sword. Swords can be very powerful weapons, if you have alot of strength and attack power, which DRK would have innately.

Also lets not forget common fiction themes, everyone had light and darkness inside them, in FFXIV this could be shown as GLA is nutral, they act on both light and darkness, the fight when they need to, however if they become a PLD they act on the light side, using white magic and high defence to protect allies, but if they become DRK they let darkness take over, using the power of darkness and black magic (they would have all GLA actions and THM and MRD DoW/M only actions) to destroy enemies, which would tie into Final Fantasy lore, and the profile of a Dark Knight.
I see less sense in making DRK come from a tank class then DRK come from a straight DD class that already has a move close to DRKs old moves.