Quote Originally Posted by Ashkendor View Post
I think giving DRK a slashing debuff would shift the meta to WAR MT/DRK OT and leave PLD in the unemployment line again.
I doubt this just because it wouldn't fundamentally change a DRK/WAR comp in any meaningful way. WAR would still keep up the debuff b/c its a DPS gain for them and DRK would still avoid Power Slash because its a DPS loss, regardless of who is MTing or OTing. And DRK MT/WAR OT would still be the more efficient overall assignment there, still.

It would however, make PLD/DRK comps extremely good. The potential raid mitigation of a DRK MT/PLD OT comp would be pretty sweet, and still have good raid DPS.

That being said, I don't like the idea of having a slashing debuff on Power Slash in particular. Giving anything to Power Slash in its current state is putting lipstick on a pig, they need to either move potencies around fundamentally rework the combo, because having a slashing debuff on it would just make DRK the tank version of NIN - has a slashing debuff, but needs a WAR (*eyeroll*) to avoid having to use it.