[To the devs] please dont make DARK KNIGHTS as tanking class

[Jocelyn]

Dark Knights generally use 2 handed weapons

Wrong in every regard. Only in 11. They generally are sword and board.

[Nico_Of_Awesome]

Wrong in every regard. Only in 11. They generally are sword and board.

I don't remember Cecil ever having a shield as a Dark Knight and he is the Iconic Dark Knight. He used a Sword yes, but no shield. (I personally never equipped him with one.) and Dissidia he certainly did not use a shield.) There were some generic Dark Knights in Tactics that weren't even really Dark Knights in the Tactics games they were more Paladins with Blue Mage Skills, I don't really count them, since everyone thinks of Cecil, and his skill set.

(Hell even Leon in FF2 did not use a shield... soooo yeah the Iconic DKs do not use shields.)

I mean if we're counting the tactic ones (which again weren't really even DKs..) then sure.

[Noahlimits]

I don't remember Cecil ever having a shield as a Dark Knight and he is the Iconic Dark Knight.

I mean if we're counting the tactic ones (which again weren't really even DKs..) then sure.

You are 100% incorrect. http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Cecil_Harvey

His sprite didn't have a shield as Dark Knight, but he certainly equipped them.

Specifically, Dark Shield and Demon Shield.

[Alerith]

You're not the first person i saw say this.. but why are you guys assuming it would come from Gladiator? Dark Knights generally use 2 handed weapons it would probably spawn from a Marauder(30) with a Thaumaturge(15) sub if I had to make a guess.

I mean it's all guess work at this point, but given to how Dark Knights have been treated in the past, I'd guess Warrior over Gladiator.

Given how DRK has been in past installments, a single-handed sword is most reasonable. Only FFXI has treated them as a true two-hander class. Even Cecil was a one-hander with the occasional two-handed stance.

There are numerous shield designs you could easily give to a DRK without hurting the job.

[Bluevann]

There is no reason that Paladin (Tank) and Dark Knight (DD) can't come from the Gladiator (Tank) class.

Except, all jobs use the same weapon the root class does, and Dark Knight was never a sword/shield job. Red Mage is more likely.

[Jocelyn]

Except, all jobs use the same weapon the root class does, and Dark Knight was never a sword/shield job. Red Mage is more likely.

Again, DRK started as a sword and shield class(job what have you). Have you learned nothing from this thread?

[Obreck]

Except, all jobs use the same weapon the root class does, and Dark Knight was never a sword/shield job. Red Mage is more likely.

Except it was in its original form:

[PapesseLudovique]

Except, all jobs use the same weapon the root class does, and Dark Knight was never a sword/shield job.

Yeah it was. Dark knights, were essentially anti-paladins.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/L...nal_Fantasy_II)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight

[PapesseLudovique]

Yeah it was. Dark knights, were essentially anti-paladins.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/L...nal_Fantasy_II)
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight

They were a lot like Jedi.
Paladin = Jedi knights devoted to protection/healing
Sith = Devoted to destruction/corruption

(brainfart. quoted rather than edited)

[Steeled]

Except, all jobs use the same weapon the root class does, and Dark Knight was never a sword/shield job. Red Mage is more likely.

Both WHM/CNJ and BLM/THM can use wands and staves, there's no reason that paladin couldn't use a great-sword. It shouldn't tank with one, that's for sure, but there's no reason it couldn't use one. Give DRK the same weapon type options GS and Sword/Shield.

I can picture it now. Blood Oath and Sacrificial Oath. No idea what they'd do, the names just sound cool.