I posted a brief version of this in an earlier post about the identity of Dark Knights, to avoid it being buried in another thread I thought I would make it its own thread. I would very much like to get peoples insight on it.

I only recently returned to ffxiv and have fallen in love with the DRK class. These forums have been super helpful in getting up to speed with the class mechanics. I have noticed, and agree with, many major concerns with the DRK class. Mainly that its best mitigation tool is locked behind RNG, DRK lacks utility in the OT position, and their play style doesn’t really reflect the class’ lore. I think these could all be fixed by changing DRK’s cross class abilities from PLD/MRD to PLD/LNC.

We would lose access to Foresight, Mercy Stroke, and Bloodbath. The only real loss here is Foresight as DRKs have weak physical mitigation. MS and BlB are in my opinion decent at best.
Will post in pieces due to character limits, sorry for the inconvenience!