[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.

[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

[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.

[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.