Dark Knight

[Namasu]

If I can out-DPS 90% of the DPS I've met as a non-tanking warrior then I can do the same as a DRK. You FFXI rose-tinted goggles wearers are getting a bit too salty for my sodium intake.

[whoopeeragon]

You FFXI rose-tinted goggles wearers are getting a bit too salty for my sodium intake.

With the saltiness of the dark knight, cash shop, coils and endgame threads, we can make an entire ocean from it all.

[Danbo05]

If I can out-DPS 90% of the DPS I've met as a non-tanking warrior then I can do the same as a DRK. You FFXI rose-tinted goggles wearers are getting a bit too salty for my sodium intake.

Pretty much this. One of the benefits of being a tank is that if you slap on DPS gear, you can actually out DPS A LOT of the actual DPS jobs in this game. Mainly because majority of them are not as good at playing their job as you are. But still, tanks have that flexibility. That's why there's off-tanks and main-tanks.

[FallenWings]

Shame its not real competitive DPS.

The only reason you know you're winning is because they're bad. Woop de doo.

[Starkbeaumont]

If they implement it well and balanced (and i don't have much doubt that SE will fail here, considering that classes are balanced really well atm) i might even consider switching from BLM to DRK. If it's more like PLD where you just 1-2-3 most of the time then probably not though...

[Alavastre]

No base class probably means that it's just a prestige job. Maybe you'll have to do a tanky class to unlock it? Would be weird if you could be a Thaumaturge until 30 and then switch over to dark knight.

[RedAntares]

No base class probably means that it's just a prestige job. Maybe you'll have to do a tanky class to unlock it? Would be weird if you could be a Thaumaturge until 30 and then switch over to dark knight.

I think they made DK a tank in order to make more players level a tank since it's the least played class along with healers. As for me, I used to tank in 1.0 and hated it but might give it a try again in the expansion with DK.

[Tayolynn]

Sorry, I wasn't able to read the rest of the thread, but the way I understood from the whole "No base class involved" part of the info, I thought it was because it'll branch off of a current class, like off of Marauder or Gladiator until lv.30, just like how Scholar and Summoner branched from Arcanist. So a number of us would be able to have a lv.50 DRK if most of us already have lv.50 Paladin/Warrior.

It can be a play of words or literally what they state, but I it's only speculation.

[Teirshin]

I think they made DK a tank in order make more players level a tank class since it's the least played class along with healers. As for me, I used to tank in 1.0 and hated it but might give it a try again in the expansion with DK.

The problem with that logic is that people who dont want to tank but want the shiny benefits of levelling a tank (aka mounts for PLD and WAR) will level it and make others suffer with lousy tanking just to get to 50 and claim said reward.

SE needs to find a way to make tanks more enjoyable to play for everyone, not just the "oh new collectable from levelling a class I dont wanna play, so I'll level it anyway just to get the reward then shelve the class for good" group.

[Thraska]

DRK? DRK! Why's he tanking, Yoshi?

Yoshi: Because we needed a tank.

But he didn't do anything wrong!

Yoshi: Because he's the hero Eorzea deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll wait and have him tank. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.