So DRK will be mp based

[SpookyGhost]

Astro also has a card mechanic that allows you to use different buffs, and combine buffs with other buffs, so there is a unique aspect to Astro just as I expect there will be a unique aspect to DRK. I don't think it'll be anything mind blowing, but it'll at least be different than PLD/WAR I imagine.

[Judge_Xero]

Will it also use magic?
Y: For attacking enemies, there will be both single target and AoE (ranged) magic available. Many people think that MP will be considered important to dark knights, but it will be more important to manage the dark power. However, the source of that power is MP, so in that way, MP is important. By the way, within the dark force, there is a system on another level which will further strengthen actions situationally. Tanking with dark knight is not like anything that we've had before.

This right here makes me think that it will be a Tanking BLM.

Astral - Enmity + Damage (Passive MP usage so you can't use it as a DPS class - i.e. you have to swap to Umbral)

Umbral - MP recovery

Defensive and Offensive skills that use MP and generate Enmity

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So you can sit in Umbral and use Defensive Skill and some low Enmity Skills

But you will have to swap to Astral to "keep" Enmity - but with Limited MP you have to we wary of if you will be able to pop your Big CD's for Defense.

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So this makes me think that it will have both amazing Damage and Defense, but on the flip side, it will have terrible damage/enmity outside of Astral, and will be extremely squishy without using defensive buffs.

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So by stacking Piety you could lengthen your time in the Astral phase while being able to use your arsenal of MP skills, but most likely it will be better to master the timing of each phase.

[Marxam]

Will it also use magic?
Y: For attacking enemies, there will be both single target and AoE (ranged) magic available. Many people think that MP will be considered important to dark knights, but it will be more important to manage the dark power. However, the source of that power is MP, so in that way, MP is important. By the way, within the dark force, there is a system on another level which will further strengthen actions situationally. Tanking with dark knight is not like anything that we've had before.

IF this is true we can assume that DRK will be similar in that the more "darkness" it has, the stronger it is, similar to wrath stacks for warriors. However I highly doubt that mp will be an extreme issue as I am sure that DRK will have mp regen skills like pld or it may not like warriors and their tp. So its sounds like a more refined Warrior i.e no aoe spamming one move and may actually require more skill like combo splitting and effective cd management to use effectively which I'm all for.

Also the way he worded "within the dark force, there is a system on another level which will further strengthen actions" sounds like an amalgamation of warrior wrath stacks and the monks GL stacks. It sounds like we would be building stacks of some kind and that holding on to it as opposed to how Wrath works where you gain it then use it would be ore beneficial. I get the impression that it will be more like monk's GL and if this is true I'm officially sold on DRK and will be my main in lieu of WAR, which will be my 2nd tank. Sorry PLD but you're cut.

Either way I had thoughts on how DRK would be ever since it was first announced and it sounds very similar to what i had in mind. Though I highly doubt that DRK will have some if not any casting moves since you can't parry/block while casting and that just leaves you open to big hits. As far as a "tanking stance" goes, it will probably be as simple as turning it on to tank or turning it off to dps. I don't think that they would make it more complicated than that given the current direction and the target audience.