Dark Knight

[Cynric]

i know when this is realeased. i probely maining as tank i told myself if we got a 2handed sword tank i would start tanking ;p

I'm honestly a little surprised but hey you win some you lose some. I just hope they balance it properly and i'll be happy. More slashing damage tank though... I don't really know how I feel about that. Guess it doesn't really matter. But I'd like to see a tank that benefits from Blunt or piercing.

Blunt - MNK
Piercing - DRG/BRD
Slashing - PLD/WAR/DRK/NIN

[winxbloom61]

LOL what if samurai becomes the healer?!

i think thats kinda not even worth saying the only way a samurai can heal is with potions never ever gets a healing trait i can pretty much bet it will be another tank ~_~ idk why ppl jumping to that sure drk was a dps normally but lets face it it wears heavy armor check it can get people to hate it(monsters in this case) that pretty much makes it a tank tbh dragoon rlly should be a tank 2 wears plate armor and all the only thing making it not a tank is it cant gather groups and keep em on it

[Lazearus]

If XI all the FFs you've played?

Nah I mean since expansion contains a tank and a healer, I would laugh if samurai ends up as the healer.

[Danbo05]

It should also be noted, if you're a DPS, and you're pushing out HP just to deal damage, won't that just make it more work on the healer to heal you? What if the healer had to choose between you and the tank who's almost dead? Of course they're gonna choose the tank first. Also, it should be put in the open world perspective as well. Obviously as a DPS class, your defense is nowhere near that of a tank's and if you can't take hits that well, and are trying to deal out damage at the cost of HP, you're gonna drop dead PREEEETTy fast to random mobs. *looks at chinchillas*

[Lithera]

Samurai is DPS otherwise the JP fan base would have a fit. Again though there's been NOTHING to say SAM is coming other than that folder on Soken's desktop that could be nothing.

[Radacci]

I thought DRK would be tank, cause of odin set would fit it quite well....SAM maybe not so much.
to bad we cant glamor Odin armor, though...hope that we can upgeade it, like we can with the primal weps...so we can have ilv 150+ Odin set, for expansion. They did say that Odin would get harder to beat, over time, and drop better stuff....

[Tsunenori]

I have some tank friends who were discussing the other day about how happy they'd be if Dark Knight turned out to be a tank. I suspect I'll get some very excited messages in a few hours.

[GalkaBikini]

I'm honestly a little surprised but hey you win some you lose some. I just hope they balance it properly and i'll be happy. More slashing damage tank though... I don't really know how I feel about that. Guess it doesn't really matter. But I'd like to see a tank that benefits from Blunt or piercing.

Blunt - MNK
Piercing - DRG/BRD
Slashing - PLD/WAR/DRK/NIN

Ninja could very well be piercing damage, for the sake of balance.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

I LOVE IT!!!!!! <3 I won't stop being a tank and I can be my favorite class. Thanks, dev. team!!!

[Gardes]

Pfft, samurai can heal. They'll be a bow using class and use "battle commander" 'tactics' and shout commands to boost morale (HP) and have war banner on their back for effects and stuff.

Now I also want that too, just because it'd be hilarious.