So... that spiderman shirt... (new job tease)

[GMERC]

Just a reminder to a lot of people arguing in this thread, but currently a DRK is a DRK in visual aesthetics only. Expect whatever class is coming up next to either be completely new or be a butchered bastardised version of your "vision" for the class.

This silly complaint again? Listen, I literally subbed to FFXIV in hopes of Dark Knight being announced, got it announced 4 months later, and was more than satisfied with it being a Tank. Would it have been cool to have a DPS that uses its HP as a resource? Maybe, but I can't imagine myself trusting random healers to keep me in a good spot healthwise, nor do I think it would necessarily be a good idea to design a DPS job that needs babysitting from a healer. It sounds like what you really wanted was a job that would be built as the star of the show (a Carry role), and have a job that could be catered to and bring the best damage to a situation, and that's just not a good design in this sort of game at all.

All in all, I'd have been all right with either a Tank DRK or a DPS DRK, just as I'll be ok with a Tank SAM or a DPS SAM, despite my preference being for the latter. I'm not going to pretend that Square Enix "butcher bastardized" the job just because they do something I don't like with it. Get over yourself.

Next you'll tell me DRK should have used a Scythe and throw away whatever credibility you might have had.