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

[Sephirah]

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.

I agree, and while I personally would like to see the DRK soul branch from Gladiator, I have to wonder what our rotation would be like. We couldn't use rage of halone combos or we'd pull off the paladin, and hitting fast blade/riot blade over and over doesn't sound as appealing.

Gladiator itself though does have access to a lot of useful DPS cross class abilities, so I guess depending on what other class they let us use it might be interesting enough. If I had to guess, I'd say they'd limit us to GLA/THM/LNC.

That would maybe give us access to abilities like:
Blood for Blood
Invigorate
Impulse Drive
Life Surge
Swiftcast
Scathe
Aetherial Manipulation (I wish)


And to the people saying it can't come from glad because they have a shield... well, what's so hard to believe about the DRK soul restricting you from equipping one. Unequip your shield and notice how exposed you feel.

The 1h swords already look pretty huge...


You could also say that because of FFIV where Cecil, a Dark Knight becomes a Paladin, they already have an established connection between the two. Who's to say a Paladin can't become a Dark Knight.