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

[realmreborn]

My beloved warrior was forced to be tank and now DK no thanks

[Black_Rose]

why do you belive dark knight will be a tank and where did you actually hear that we will actually see a dark knight job any time soon?

[SeraviEdalborez]

Right. There's no possible way they can make a job do something different than what the base class does. That certainly has not been done with any second job currently in the game right now, and can't possibly be done for any future jobs.

Nope.

[Alerith]

I think he's operating off the assumption that it will branch from the Gladiator class like Paladin does. Even then, however, there is not evidence to support that it would be a tank job. Both Summoner (DD) and Scholar (Healer) come from the Arcanist (DD) class.

There is no reason that Paladin (Tank) and Dark Knight (DD) can't come from the Gladiator (Tank) class. If anything, this would be a great DPS with both damage and survival skills from Gladiator.

[ZeroRains]

I am the ONLY ONE who would like Dark Knight as a damage/life absorption tank compared to bland DPS? (Note, differs from Wars Self Heals/Huge HP pool)

[Miratail]

We need dark knights with scythes. SCYTHES! Beastmaster can spawn from a scythe class as well, can't wait to see the sheep AF again.

[realmreborn]

I am the ONLY ONE who would like Dark Knight as a damage/life absorption tank compared to bland DPS? (Note, differs from Wars Self Heals/Huge HP pool)

That won't make it much different than wars right now I think wars should get absorb or parry buff instead of health steal

[C-croft]

I am the ONLY ONE who would like Dark Knight as a damage/life absorption tank compared to bland DPS? (Note, differs from Wars Self Heals/Huge HP pool)

Isn't DK the class that uses their own HP to increase dmg ala soul eater? Kind of goes backwards in design to have it as a tank.

[dbrewer225]

while we are on the subject DO NOT MAKE NINJA A TANK. that is all.

[Ryuko]

Considering the marauder/warrior storyline, I am only guessing that Dark Knight will stem from Marauder -- not Gladiator. I don't see it being a tank, but I do see it capable of taking heavy hits (if ever needed). Of course... this is all speculation. We won't know until it's released, blah blah blah.

while we are on the subject DO NOT MAKE NINJA A TANK. that is all.

SE originally intended ninja to be a DPS in FFXI, but it was the community that found ways to 'turn ninja into a tank'. Eventually SE decided to follow the lead of the community, and made ninja more 'tanking friendly'. I could see ninja being the dps counterpart of a samurai tank (two jobs branching from the same class).