Thread: Dark Knight Tank confirmed for 3.0

Originally Posted by Saigwa

I honestly don't mind dark knight as a tank, but it did rip up my high hopes of a samurai being a tank class... I like being a tank for the most part, and was banking on samurai to be my main - now with dark knight as a tank I dont know what to think or plan for. *Cries in a corner praying for samurai tank*

I feel the same way. I was super excited about the possibility of a samurai tank and was a little let down when they announced dark knight. Not that I think that dark knight shouldn't be a tank, but I just don't like big weapon tanking. That's why I play paladin and haven't even maxed out warrior. I really hope they save samurai for the next tank class and don't make it a dps. It would be nice if they could work on getting tank and healing classes up to 4 so we have some more variety.

Graaaah. I can't get too excited for pure Dodge tanking. Unless DRK's will be able to bolster themselves with a lot of health or have some as yet unrevealed mechanic that will allow them to block, I'm not gonna play it. It always takes waaaay too long to iron out avoidance tanks.

Uhhhhhhg all I wanted from this game was DRK to be my Great Sword using DPS class, hopes are thoroughly dashed. /heartbroken

^this 2 handers are for hitting hard.... really hard..... not ... tanking =_=

Does anyone else think Dark Knight will start at level 30 with it's job stone totally overriding your base class?

Just seems to me that it would be described as a class without a job rather than a job without a class if it started at level 1.

Originally Posted by Jandor

Does anyone else think Dark Knight will start at level 30 with it's job stone totally overriding your base class?

Just seems to me that it would be described as a class without a job rather than a job without a class if it started at level 1.

If they go with this, I'm hoping that there is some sort of prerequisite for being able to unlock DRK such as having unlocked PLD or WAR.

I'm really curious to see how this is going to be done.

It seems possible to me that DRK's tanking ability will come from its ability to be a heavy hitter. I'm sure it will be allowed to cross-class GLD to get Provoke, and MRD's weapon throw ability (since DRK won't have a shield to lob) for their initial provoking skill, and the rest of the Hate will be generated purely by them out damaging anyone other, single, target, with each ability also having eminity increasing effects.

Someone once stated, it may have been on this thread, or in another forum entirely, that not every "Tank" has to be just a meat shield that has skills equivalent to saying, "Hey! Over here! Ignore the mages, fight me you big loser!", then just have a bunch of defense numbers and huge HP pool to chip away at. DRK by it's very nature is going to be a heavy armor wearing class, so we'll have the defense numbers by our armor alone.

Few Final Fantasy games that had DRK in them gave them a huge HP pool, because they also had abilities to draw from their own HP to add more to damage, and I'm sure despite being a Tank class, XIV will have that too (and I'm sure people will freak for the first few weeks DRK players use them in dungeons lol).

What I'm trying to say is, DRK doesn't have to be a meat shield style tank. His form of tanking could very well be "Kill it fast, kill it hard, kill it before it kills me" (not aimed towards the party, mind you, more of his way of fighting), while PLD's are more of the "Ha, shield! Ha, parry! Ha, defensive skills all staked! Take your time guys, I'm good!"

Just my two gil. What ever SE decides to do to make DRK an efficient tank, everyone will adapt to it, and as a huge fan of the DRK class, and still feeling regret from never capping my DRK in XI, I will certainly having fun playing this class. (had to break my reply up, was too long for one post apparently).