Dark Knight

[Bloodclaw]

I did read your first post. You presented a very well thought out argument for how the dark knight job could be brought into the game as a dps. That being said, it still does not change my opinion on the matter. I think that is much more likely that it will be a tank job. They have mentioned the idea of hybrid roles, so it is possible that it may have the option for both.

It was statistically a glass canon ever most incarnations, except X-2. Despite its armor it sacrificed Hp to do more damage. In some games where HP and armor were different, the job had very little hp and heavy armor. Yeah they could make it a tank, but it would be like making the summoner into a DoT dps.

In reality, the only actual instance we have to go off of is FFXI. That's the only game where roles like Tank, Healer, DPS and Support were clearly defined (and even then, it wasn't clear because of how horrible implementation was).

I have and will dispute that. as mentions above. It has been both a tank and DPS type class. Just for former more often by almost ever case.