Bah, you people and you're lack of understanding how awesome a weapon a scythe is. It just needs the proper hand holds and curves in the shaft and a nice long blade. People will start to run in terror just seeing your wield one with chaotic grace.

Ahem, that aside. I'm all for greatswords too. While I loved my scythes in FFXI and Chrono Trigger (looking at you Magus <3 ) I'm not sure that they would be chosen to be a Dark Knight's weapon, not with this Dev team anyway. I think they are more likely to use a Greatsword or Bastard Sword type of weapon. I don't see them picking a single sword unless they add a Sword Grip item to be used (if Drk came from Gladiator) in the off hand slot to increase 1 handed sword damage potential. They would also need to really overhaul Gladiator's base ability animations once switched to Dark Knight (because they pretty much go perfectly with Paladin theme only); I wouldn't want to see a Dark Knight flashing with bright light.. doesn't fit the job.

Personally I would prefer it be derived from a new weapon type wielding class. Plus, come one, you gotta have that badass 2-handed huge sword user in the game. It's not a true fantasy MMO without one! *wink*