Quote Originally Posted by Kiteless View Post
Eh... kind of sketchy. DRK is the worst MT of the three, in addition to being the worst OT. It's usable, but the same people who would kick a DRK for their dubious OT abilities would be just as well to avoid them for MT too. Especially for the Bismark Ex fight that OP mentioned. When I was doing it, I found that being a reliable DRK MT for that fight can be quite difficult, as in order to keep pumping out enough DPS to help the party clear the enrages, combined with that awful MP bug, you have to play it pretty fast and loose with your MP, which makes it hard to reliably gather up the right birds with AoEs when they spawn.
DRK is not the worst MT of the three. WAR is a worse MT than DRK. And DRK is a better OT than PLD. So DRK + WAR is a better combo than PLD + PLD or WAR + WAR. PLD + WAR is still the "Min/Max" of choice if you don't have any confidence in your tank player or are using a PUG. But DRK player that knows what they are doing doesn't put the party at any disadvantage.