Quote Originally Posted by Bloodclaw View Post
Honestly I am sorry, but I think your fooling yourself. It will be hard pressed to see DRK little alone any non-tank come from that class.
Exactly how are they fooling themselves? SMN and SCH fill their different roles quite nicely.

Give DRK a 2h weapon, greatsword, take GLD's skills, take away the ability to use shield-based ones, then add 5 dps abilities...let's say from similarities to ffxi you add souleater (dps+ for hp consumed), last resort (speed boost + defense loss), an absorb spell, dread spikes, and blood weapon (in ffxi basically bloodbath, could be done differently).

...and you have a dps with a couple tanking abilities they're not likely to use but hey, maybe with a dread spikes move you'd want them tanking short-term. They are the masochist of ff jobs. And just tweak the #s for balance and it'd work out just fine. And even the "blade" skills fit perfectly with the idea of using a greatsword