Dark Knight

[Rustyhagun]

Equip the weapon to jump straight to the job? Or maybe classes are going by the wayside, and we're getting Jobs with cross job skills ? I don't know lol, does sound weird.

Classes are going by the wayside. They have already said on many occasions, that they are re-doing the class/battle system come 3.0. starting with 2.4 onward they will be making subtle changes to prepare for it.

This is good, I have been waiting a long time for this to happen. Probably going to have to level sub class to 30 and with job unlocked, to unlock all new Jobs from 3.0 and going forward.

[Parasite]

Am I the only one that is super excited about drk tank?... In FFXI it was a powerhouse of a tank when properly equipped and it's one of the reasons I loved it.

I almost came! I've been playing and loving such classes since Everquest 1 (Shadow Knight) and the fact it will be a tank makes me jump in circles! xD

[Viridiana]

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.

Ugh. . .Gate of Lionel Castle. Thank god I almost always went in way OP.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Just adding more images (I know some folks have posted some).













Mention that it will be a parry/dodge/magic tank.

Dark Knight is the tank i was meant to be.

[Dashuto]

Ugh. . .Gate of Lionel Castle. Thank god I almost always went in way OP.

If you felt like being a dishonorable fighter, you could jump down and open the gate, letting your buddies rush in to gank him.

Truly despicable though.

[Rustyhagun]

LOL what if samurai becomes the healer?!

Don't even joke man. That S$%t ain't/wouldn't be funny. Look at my sig... Do we look like wtf healers to you?!

[Laerune]

Classes (aside from MAR) have always been pointless in endgame, I am glad that they are focusing on adding Jobs from here on. I am curious on how they are going to implement the DRK iconic mechanics in this game, since Tanks can not afford low hp during combat. I understand that some players are disappointed, but FFXIV is not FFXI or any previous game. Give Yoshi-P and his team a chance to show you this new DRK, before you make a judgement.

Personaly I am exited and hyped for this Job and I hope others are aswell.

[Gardes]

You do realize it is already RIP for THF lovers since Rogue is a class which is completely useless after 30?

But see, if the class system is going away, ninja can have their own skills (instead of rog + nin) and that way thief might make a come back as it's own pure job. But nin is a newly designed job that is already designed along side the expansion work so it's unlikely that they'll get 17-18 skills that are designed from scratch just for ninja again. So they'll just get the same rog skills again that have all the iconic thief skills.

I can see sch taking almost the acn skills (with job skills rearranged so it'll be easier to heal level 1-30) while the smn gets more brand new pet oriented skills (sigh). Maybe even have carbuncle for low levels again, allowing smns to summon carbuncles even at lvl 30+

[WellFooled]

A class that has for the longest time been an offensive powerhouse that uses its own HP to augment its offensive powers has been relegated to the role of tank, a role that really shouldnt be using its own HP to augment its offensive powers.

Yeah, i would say that it has been butchered quite thoroughly. :P

I can defiantly see where you're coming from, particularly since DRK's last MMO outing was as a damage dealer.

However, my view of it is like this: Dark Knight, like all Final Fantasy classes, is ever changing. In FFII it had high intelligence, stamina, HP, and a proficiently with lots of weapons (like a melee black magic user), FFIII had it using white magic (of all things!), FFIV had it being a damage dealer (but he only used swords and shields), in FFX-2 it was a damage dealer with debuffs (and protection against being debuffed).

From its history Dark Knight has been almost a little bit of everything, but often as players we're attracted to our favorite version of it, which is great, but that doesn't mean its the only version.

[Balipu]

Classes are going by the wayside. They have already said on many occasions, that they are re-doing the class/battle system come 3.0. starting with 2.4 onward they will be making subtle changes to prepare for it.

This is good, I have been waiting a long time for this to happen. Probably going to have to level sub class to 30 and with job unlocked, to unlock all new Jobs from 3.0 and going forward.

Yes, but how will it get reworked? Outright removing it would be stupid.