Your thoughts on DRK as a Tank in the future?

[Duelle]

However, I am somewhat worried about it being an evasion tank. Obviously that didn't go so well for NIN in FFXIV (it was either OP or useless depending on content). Curious how they're going to pull that off. Not to mention, DRK doesn't strike me as historically evasive Job type in its previous FF and spin off incarnations.

Yeah using the word "evasive" with DRK seems weird. Since the theme seems to be manipulating darkness, I would have thought damage shields made of dark energy would be more in line with DRK than it being evasive. Well, unless the darkness somehow enhances the DRK's movement and strength to a point they would be evasive in heavy armor. Kind of how a jedi knight uses the force to enhance their physical attributes.

Seeing that the armor pretty much screams "my power comes from the void, yo", it might not be a farfetched guess.

[Saigwa]

I just can't see how DRK wearing that heavy lookin armor is an eva. tank...Maybe if it was tight and slim like on the Dragoons (since they use a lot of jumping techniques, it's safe to say their gear is made for mobility) but it looks bulky like the paladin/warrior gear which is not meant for maximum mobility..... logically, less mobility = less eva. Yes, I know there can be magic/darkness involved, but the concept just bugs me >_<

[Marxam]

I knew that DRK was going to be tank when you consider the lore, equipment and disparity of tanks vs. the love of the class basically screams tank. Also, the fact that it can mitigate magic instead of physical just means that dedicated tanks, such as myself, who love tanking now have two options to bring to the table. A boss does a lot of physical dmg, bring in a pld or war, a boss does a lot of magical damage bring in a DRK. Im so glad I have the full divine set for the tank because that is by far the coolest looking set imo outside of raid gear.

Now if SAM is a dps then they've won a customer for life and hopefully, like the dark knight himself, DRK would have a lot of "utility" under his belt when it comes to tanking, mitigation and support.

[Rbstr]

I don't know where the thought DRK would be an evasion tank comes from.
We know almost exactly nothing about how the class actually will work.

[LukeyP666]

I don't know where the thought DRK would be an evasion tank comes from.
We know almost exactly nothing about how the class actually will work.

During the reveal at London Fan Fest, Koji mentioned something along the lines of 'Parry and dodge, as well as the power of darkness' when elaborating slightly on how the Job will play out.

[TwinBahamut]

During the reveal at London Fan Fest, Koji mentioned something along the lines of 'Parry and dodge, as well as the power of darkness' when elaborating slightly on how the Job will play out.

That's interesting...

I wonder if the Dark Knight will steal the Samurai's evasiveness from some older games, such as its Bladegrasp/Shirahadori technique from FFV and Tactics. That's one way you could make a more heavily armored tank be evasive. Less about dodging entirely and more about catching its foes's attacks and throwing them off balance.

I'd expect them to have a lot of life drain abilities, too.

[Aurelinaus]

Personally I am disappointed that DRK is going to be a tank, when I heard it was announced as a new job I was super excited about it then news came in that it was a tank all of my enthusiasm instantly evaporated.

Yes, the dps pool is saturated
Yes, more tank/heal classes are needed

Unfortunately, I do not like the current dps class nin included, and felt like something I can related to in that role finally showed up only to be snatched away moments later.

[Urtear]

DRK as a tank...it's like a BLM being a healer.

[Baithin]

In FFX-2, Dark Knight is the tankiest class by far. Warrior is next, but it does not compare to the Dark Knight's HP and defensive power. DRK was the only dressphere in that game to wear heavy armor, too.

And yes, they used great swords.

[Vondoomervil]

I was think the DRK could be 'Drain' based, Leeches life to heal itself and using elemental shields etc. WAR+BLM type thing. Well when they announced it, that was the first thing I thought of.