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

[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.

[Nico_Of_Awesome]

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.

Yeah Kaine could equip shields too, do you see Dargoons running around with Shields? My point is the concept art, and later the what Square themselves consider the Iconic image of him in Dissida does not use shields.

and EVERYONE could equip Hero 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.

[Noahlimits]

Yeah Kaine could equip shields too, do you see Dargoons running around with Shields? My point is the concept art, and later the what Square themselves consider the Iconic image of him in Dissida does not use shields.

and EVERYONE could equip Hero Shield

Yet 90% of art with Cecil as a paladin also has him with no shield. Nor does his sprite display a shield. That kinda poops on your theory of concept art.

Touche, this is true. Oh well I'll just take my lumps like a man. I'd still prefer them to not have shields, though a one handed sword class with no shield would be pretty sweet.

I personally don't care either way what they do with DRK. I'm just a FFIV-tard and had to comment on the Cecil lines.

[Nico_Of_Awesome]

Yet 90% of art of Cecil as a paladin also has him with no shield. Nor does his sprite display a shield. That kinda poops on your theory of concept art.

Touche, this is true. Oh well I'll just take my lumps like a man. I'd still prefer them to not have shields, though a one handed sword class with no shield would be pretty sweet.

[Doo]

Am I the only one that wants to see DARK KNIGHT as a healer?

[Steeled]

I'd like a DK tank, but honestly warrior is too much like the life-leech already.

Still, More tanks is more fun!

[Alerith]

Touche, this is true. Oh well I'll just take my lumps like a man. I'd still prefer them to not have shields, though a one handed sword class with no shield would be pretty sweet.

I certainly agree that the one hander without a shield would be great, but they'd need to make a new base class for it then or somehow replace Shield Bash and Shield Swipe with Pommel Strike and Flat Blade or something.

I mean, if we wanted to get technical, I suppose you could release a single-sword, no-shield class like Fencer and have that branch into RDM and DRK without really messing anything up.

[Obreck]

The way he spoke of it in this interview and others Yoshida seems to be leaning towards making Dark Knight a dps job for Gladiator. As he states certain future jobs may highly modify their base class abilities to make them better suited for other roles.

So future Gladiator/Marauder jobs could very easily be dps, its almost certain in fact.

Personally I'm hoping the tank class is a dodge/parry/agility based tank.

[YeaniNah]

did everyone forget Dark knight in FF10-2 .... Huge swords