Dark Knight

[Sparktacus]

I figured it was going to be a tank because we knew a tank and healer class were coming with higher priority. As soon as they announced it that was the first thought I had and told my friends. People in 11 might be a little sore cuz DRK was an uber dps, however I am extremely excited and might just have to switch from war4lyfe to drk4lyfe.

[Danbo05]

The salt is flowing. The sodium levels are through the roof!

[Scherwiz]

The salt is flowing. The sodium levels are through the roof!

I'm making pretzels.

[Lithera]

NIN became a tank in FFXI only because the players forced it in that direction. It was intended as a DoT DPS similar to THF. Tanaka just decided to roll with it instead of nerfing Utsusemi... SAM had intentions as tank in XI but keep in mind the only whisper of SAM we got was that folder on Soken's desktop which could have been anything. Gunner can't be a tank, at least not easily and we still need a new Healer so DRK fills the tank role probably without sacrificing the heart of the job since it's a natural blood tank. Even in XI it got heavy armor, high HP and potent absorbs and drains that allowed it to flex as a tank. So what if you can't pop six different DPS cooldowns and drop a 10k Guillotine or some crap like that. This direction means the blood magic isn't going to take the hit it did in XI where "balance" made absorbs and drains useless on endgame bosses.

[Gardes]

so DRK fills the tank role probably without sacrificing the heart of the job since it's a natural blood tank. Even in XI it got heavy armor, high HP and potent absorbs and drains that allowed it to flex as a tank. So what if you can't pop six different DPS cooldowns and drop a 10k Guillotine or some crap like that. This direction means the blood magic isn't going to take the hit it did in XI where "balance" made absorbs and drains useless on endgame bosses.

Did they even mention it being a blood tank? I only heard evasion and magic. It's dark knight dealing with dark magic but it might not have abilities dealing with hp absorption. I mean, they did fail at making warrior into a blood tank. Right now I'm believing that the 'dark' magic will be simply used to mitigate and generate aggro. Either by making the dark night turn into dark magic smoke thing (enemy stabs the dark knight, it just goes through him, the spot that was stabbed swirls with smog and the dark knight moves away, reforming still unhurt, which is technically a form of ninja blink tanking) or simply coating the dark knight's armor for damage reduction (basically the same as pld and war but have another way of activating them, not just pushing a button or collecting points).

[rina_inverse]

also curious on the no base class
wonder if SE will tear down the whole class-job concept

[Arkine]

also curious on the no base class
wonder if SE will tear down the whole class-job concept

I freaking hope so!

Scrap the weapon = job concept, and let me use other stuff while we're at it!

[Argarah]

also curious on the no base class
wonder if SE will tear down the whole class-job concept

How can they? The whole class system is too ingrained into the lore. So why break with what you have previously establish. Jobs are a specialization of classes. Introduce a class or split it off of another, no exception.

[Cynric]

No saltiness here. I expected a DPS DRK, Got a tank. Maybe our Tank will find a new class they enjoy in DRK. I'm going to level it all the same. I don't really know how it's going to work but I can take a guess that it'll be another shot at a life drain tank.