Dark Knight

[Ulathskullsplitter]

Just got up. Where are the other jobssssssss they said they'd be announcing? At the NA fan fest they emphasized jobssssssss.

[Chiramu]

Just got up. Where are the other jobssssssss they said they'd be announcing? At the NA fan fest they emphasized jobssssssss.

Tokyo Fan Fest.

[Tsunenori]

Just got up. Where are the other jobssssssss they said they'd be announcing? At the NA fan fest they emphasized jobssssssss.

Yoshi-P too off his Batman shirt and underneath it had a James Bond 007 shirt underneath. Made some gun motions, and said he liked Roger Moore and "Man with the Golden Gun" a lot. We'll have to wait until the Fanfest in Tokyo in December to actually find out officially what that means however.

Edit: They emphasized jobssssssss here as well. I imagine they'll give us another hint at the next Fanfest so they have a bit more information to fill out the months after and leading up to the expansion.

[Ranzan]

Well there goes the chances of samurai coming out... Gratz to all the DRKS out there.

[Santherelle]

Actually this makes a lot of sense.

Introduce a new tank class with a new dps class. More people leveling up tanks and playing when new DPS is hitting the dungeons.

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

Going to be so awesome when DRK also has a draw-in ability and uses runes.

[Dashuto]

Seriously guys calm down.

Cecil was a tank despite having a sacrifice HP ability.

Dark was tanky in FFT as well, why? Because DRAINS.

OH WAIT- Its FFX-2! Where once again Dark is super tanky!

There are many MMO with drain tanks, Lineage II, WoW etc.

Dark in FF14 will be fine, and there is no reason for it to be dedicated to living on in FFXI Dark's memory. Which was a uniquely glass-cannon embodiment of dark.

[Rosalynd]

So... am i missing something or is this the Dark Knights first appearance in a final fantasy game as a fully fledged tank?

There is the pseudo tank Cecil in IV but he still makes use of the Darkness ability which either deals aoe damage at the cost of HP or augments his physical attacks at the cost of HP (depends on version).

And then there is the Final Fantasy Dimensions version which is still heavily offensive based but has a provoke like ability as well.

Really, im not seeing any others on the wiki page, all other appearances are entirely offensive based.

[Chiramu]

So... am i missing something or is this the Dark Knights first appearance in a final fantasy game as a fully fledged tank?

There is the pseudo tank Cecil in IV but he still makes use of the Darkness ability which either deals aoe damage at the cost of HP or augments his physical attacks at the cost of HP (depends on version).

And then there is the Final Fantasy Dimensions version which is still heavily offensive based but has a provoke like ability as well.

Really, im not seeing any others on the wiki page, all other appearances are entirely offensive based.

There was no real tanks in solo FFs. All classes from past solo FFs are subject to change to whatever you could make them. If anything the "tanks" in solo FFs were heavy hitters and would be DPS instead of tank, like Auron and Steiner.

[Dashuto]

all other appearances are entirely offensive based.

Yes, with amazing HP equal to PLD and MNK and usually having loads of drain attacks, enfeebles, and absolutely stellar defense.

Anyone who has ever tried killing Gafgarion in FFT will never forget Dark as a tank. He was one guy with gear equal/as good as anyone one person your team, but for many players was absolutely nerve wracking to slay.