Ishgardian classes

[Zephyr-Umbra]

Honestly i have to wonder how useful Dark knight will be as a tank, it's clear Yoshida wants classes to have more of a multi-function to them but so far we've not really seen this to be the case. Warrior certainly feels like a tank/dps but it's technically a tank for all intensive purposes, i just don't really see a reason for another tank as things stand. And i say this as someone who loves Dark Knight as a class in other FF games, i would hate to see them undervalued as tanks that aren't as great at tanking compared to Warriors and Paladins, but perhaps deal slightly more dps overall to make up for it.

I just keep asking myself what they would bring to the table, Ninja's are unique in the sense that they're able to engage in melee and ranged combat just fine. Perhaps if Dark knight's could be self sufficient in tanking by draining life from mobs to lessen the heals needed from healers, and also that life draining acting as an income for additional dps. Even then i'm still not convinced it'll be anything other than a flashy new suit of armour to prance around in. I wish SE had released Dark knight first instead of warrior, it would've been a much cooler dynamic with the whole 'Holy' and 'Dark' Tank theme, but we'll see how it works out.