Dark Knight ability names

[Gh0st_Pr0digy]

You can put Piety on left-side pieces. It's possible some non-chest or pants pieces will be crafted BiS if there's some form of breakpoints, who knows? Especially during progression right when savage/weekly tomes unlock, when crafted should be temporarily BiS with or without Piety.

Piety and base MP scale with level. Just because he has 3300 MP at level 54 doesn't mean he has the equivalent of level 50 Piety - for all we know Piety is worth 50 MP per point at that level.

we arent getting higher lvl crafter gear till 3.05 so who knows if thatll even be an option when savage open

[Bloody]

3.05 is Savage release time, so we will get high level crafts same time we get Savage Alex.

[Gh0st_Pr0digy]

i thought i heard 3.05 was coming after savage(i know savage isnt till a month after heavensward comes out) /shrug

[Marxam]

Alexander nm is 2 weeks after release then 2 weeks after that is Savage assuming there isn't any server crashes and em holding things back.

Everything that we discussed today will be available at the start of Heavensward. However, as I discussed previously, if we were to release items and content that have weekly restrictions, we are worried that it would create situations where players would try to rush through everything as soon as possible and force others to skip cutscenes. This would also lead to situations where players would not be allowed to level up and enjoy the new content at their own pace.

As such, we will be introducing the Alexander raid two weeks after the release of Heavensward on June 23. Unlike the Coil of Bahamut, players will be able to re-enter a floor in Alexander even after clearing it (similar to the Crystal Tower). You won't be able to obtain another item once you've received an item, but you will still be able to help your friends. This version is intended for everyone to enjoy the scenario surrounding the new raid.

Alexander (Savage) and the Allagan tomestones of Esoterics will become available two weeks after the release of the normal mode of Alexander. We have removed content with weekly restrictions for the first four weeks of release. Also, unlike previous item level caps, we will have more phases and the range of item levels is much greater than before. We would like players to spend their first four weeks enjoying the game freely, and discuss with other players to plan and decide on what jobs they will be playing following this schedule.

Additionally, we’re planning to release the new Frontline map at the same time Alexander (Savage) is released. Honestly, we were not sure if we should release this at the beginning of Heavensward, but we assume most players will be focusing on the main story and leveling, and this may cause a situation where it’ll take longer to get into a match, therefore, we've moved the release timing to this point.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...804-23-2015%29

[Gh0st_Pr0digy]

i was well aware of when each alexander is opening, i was purely saying i thought 3.05 would come after they open

EDIT: new article http://www.famitsu.com/news/201505/30079773.html no idea what it says

[Kassiekane]

Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread already, but Darkside can be used along with Grit.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread already, but Darkside can be used along with Grit.

I believe that there is a translation mistake in the reddit thread that is causing confusion about the MP draining Darkside DpS stance which can't be used in Grit Stance and the MP Expensive effect boosting Dark Arts buff that can be used with the Grit Stance.

[melflomil]

Doesn't dark side doubles the effect of the next skill used in either tank mode or offensive mode?

[Xenosan]

Yea in the subcomments OP refers to Dark Arts as having the passive MP drain.

I think people are getting the 2 terms swapped. Understandable, too much Dark prefixes.

Sounds like from that article either Power or Spin Slash leaves a DoT on the enemy called Scourge

And there's another DoT/Debuff in the form of a ground placed AOE.

Mmm

edit:

Were they suggesting that DRK may be the first class where following through combos to the 3 finisher may not be always optimal <_>

[Kibafool]

Darkside is a stance that continuously drains MP that (may) increase the damage of your attacks and allows you access to skills that can only be used in that stance.

Dark Arts is one of those skills that consumes MP to buff your next skill such as making your defensive cooldown have more damage reduction or adding HP absortion to Soul Eater and Abyssal Drain.

New info was released today that implies that Darkside can be used along side Grit.


Source for using Darkside along side Grit: http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/125...about-New-Jobs