If You Were A Class/Job Designer...

[DWolfwood]

Doing a write up on my issues with DRK, but as for what I want them to be defined as...

PLD: Healing Magic / High Defense
WAR: High HP / Party Buffing (e.g. "Warcry" would boost party's AP by _% for _seconds.)
DRK: High DPS / Magic Based focusing around Drain Spells

PLD should receive an enmity boost to Clemency and allow shields to prevent interruption. WAR should stay mostly the same, with the addition of said "Warcry" ability. DRK is the one that would be greatly changed. I'll be talking more about it in my write up, but their DPS should be heavily buffed overall to stand out as the high-dps tank.

[Tanathya]

Doing a write up on my issues with DRK, but as for what I want them to be defined as...

PLD: Healing Magic / High Defense
WAR: High HP / Party Buffing (e.g. "Warcry" would boost party's AP by _% for _seconds.)
DRK: High DPS / Magic Based focusing around Drain Spells

PLD should receive an enmity boost to Clemency and allow shields to prevent interruption. WAR should stay mostly the same, with the addition of said "Warcry" ability. DRK is the one that would be greatly changed. I'll be talking more about it in my write up, but their DPS should be heavily buffed overall to stand out as the high-dps tank.

Considering Square knew there would be controversy revolving around the fact that they made DRK a tank, I still don't know why they didn't give it the offtank role based on a higher damage output.

[Syzygian]

Doing a write up on my issues with DRK

Please no, there are already so many.

No disrespect but I can already predict...

"Blood Weapon in Grit!"
"DA Dark Dance boost parry strength!"
"Use Reprisal as OT!"
"Reduce MP costs!"
"Make LD not require healing!"
"DA Dark Passenger does something other than blind!"
"More HP absorbs!"

Its a song and dance we all know by heart and yet when you actually go out there and play the job and play it right, none of this stuff *really* holds you back.

Considering Square knew there would be controversy revolving around the fact that they made DRK a tank

This reminds me...

Everyone here knows that Samurai, if we get it, is almost certainly not going to be a tank right?

[Tanathya]

Everyone here knows that Samurai, if we get it, is almost certainly not going to be a tank right?

I was stating a fact there. There's been (obvious) controversy whether you like it or not, and I didn't mention SAM in the first place. Anyway, I certainly hope SAM isn't a tank anymore.

[MagiusNecros]

Everyone here knows that Samurai, if we get it, is almost certainly not going to be a tank right?

Considering Samurai in every other FF game has been mostly a class focused on high DPS either through raw stats or counter attacks this comment isn't amounting to much.

[Jpec07]

Considering Samurai in every other FF game has been mostly a class focused on high DPS either through raw stats or counter attacks this comment isn't amounting to much.

Except that I'm pretty sure that they have said multiple times, in multiple interviews, that Samurai would be a sword-based DPS class.

[MagiusNecros]

Except that I'm pretty sure that they have said multiple times, in multiple interviews, that Samurai would be a sword-based DPS class.

They said it could go either way. But as always the Samurai was always a Sword based DPS class ergo true to form. Will Samurai have Bushido skills is the main question here.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

Except that I'm pretty sure that they have said multiple times, in multiple interviews, that Samurai would be a sword-based DPS class.

I only remember Yoshi P mentioning that he would like Samurai to be a DPS job, but has the potential as a tank and that it would require some consideration. Do you have a more recent source of this particular statement?

Samurai will either be a Tank or DPS most likely.

What are you talking about? Obviously the samurai will stab you to perform healing - Fun fact: It was actually a thing in Final Fantasy Tactics with a healing staff that healed whoever you attacked (which also resulted in death of the healer if said person being healed has counter equipped)

[Syzygian]

Considering Samurai in every other FF game has been mostly a class focused on high DPS either through raw stats or counter attacks this comment isn't amounting to much.

Uh, almost every post on these forums remotely to do with a samurai job right now is assuming its going to be a tank. I just don't want any more drk-style butthurt where people expect a job to be x and se decides to make it y and people qq about it forever.

[MagiusNecros]

Uh, almost every post on these forums remotely to do with a samurai job right now is assuming its going to be a tank. I just don't want any more drk-style butthurt where people expect a job to be x and se decides to make it y and people qq about it forever.

Well in the event Samurai is a novelty name class and tries to be something it is not you might just have to deal with people crying about it forever. People cried about the Warrior in 2.0, they cry about it now for other reasons in 3.0 and will likely continue and the same is true for your beloved Dark Knight although it's more a Magic Knight if anything.