DRK Consolidated Feedback Thread

[SyzzleSpark]

Actually he has stated on his stream multiple times DRK needs to get buffed we are all biased towards our favourite class but he definitely does like DRK too he did say the class needs more damage and that the mitigation tools/tbn is horrible and the ways its designed all around is fucking stupid he praised the old 3.0 DRK for its versatility and risk/reward/skill balance.

TLDR Xeno has definitely shown his dislike for SE's actions regarding DRK often calling them retarded.

I'm aware that he does this on stream. To be perfectly frank though I wish he would make a youtube video or something.

[TouchandFeel]

Mr. Happy just (kind of) called for us to get a buff in his vs. video. Kind of half-cocked but I guess its some publicity since devs clearly don't care about anything posted here.

I'm just glad that Happy is voicing that DRK needs fixing. Sure he may not have hit all the problems with it and all the "pros" he listed for it were also strangely called out as cons when he talked about DRK, but at least it was clearly stated that DRK was discernibly the worst of the tanks and by a good amount. Also since a good portion of the playerbase likes to just take what the well known YouTubers say as gospel and parrot it back ad nauseum, seeing this makes.me hope that maybe they'll start parroting this and finally we'll maybe get some acknowledgement.

I was starting to really like and respect Xeno towards the latter half of 3.x. But he's made it clear that as far as his influence within the community, he's not going to stick his neck out for any job other than WAR no matter how bad it is.

Xeno's a great player, but his bias towards and preference for WAR is, and always has been, extremely obvious.

[SyzzleSpark]

"So PLDs are basically perfect right now, WARs are basically perfect right now, and DRKs are just lacking a little bit but still super fun to play? Good job, SE! I'm sure they'll get on those DRK changes shortly..."

Comment from happy's video. This is probably what most of the playerbase is thinking, sadly.

[Dio_Tiferet]

Its not gonna change a thing the outcry has been big enough to warrant SE addressing it but they refuse to do so a video wont change that. We just gotta make do with what we got and adapt because SE does not seem to prioritize balancing out the classes even when they are starting to get blocked from content.

As far as Xeno goes i think he has been vocal enough but i also think its not up to him to hit up SE and telling them to get their shit together hes probably been dealing with these balance issues throughout the game long enough to know its futile and we just gotta adapt to whatever the meta demands.

[MagiusNecros]

Pretty sure dissent in both the NA and JP branches on why DRK sucks probably has the devs considering what to do. They just aren't going to comment on it. Probably because they really don't know how to salvage the situation or come up with a game plan at this time.

Meanwhile I have friends echoing other forum members by telling me to play PLD or WAR instead which I don't really have any interest in. And switching to a DPS is pointless as well since queue times are idiotic and that means 7 weeks of Delta normal were wasted getting a weapon for a Tank job I can't even be happy with much less find a slot for raiding if I wanted to do that sort of thing with my FC.

[WhyAmIHere]

Pretty sure dissent in both the NA and JP branches on why DRK sucks probably has the devs considering what to do. They just aren't going to comment on it. Probably because they really don't know how to salvage the situation or come up with a game plan at this time.

This is my official stance on it as well. It's one of those "we fucked up, dunno how to fix it, and if we say "we're working on improving X," there'll still be people unsatisfied with the things we want to do" situations. I honestly don't expect to hear anything til 5.0, at the latest. 4.2/x and beyond will be a welcome surprise.

Or, 4.15, with how BRD's gonna get its new music ability they could sneak in some changes, but that's not a hope i'm having.

[SyzzleSpark]

Care to clue us in on what the JP consensus is?

[MagiusNecros]

Care to clue us in on what the JP consensus is?

That DRK has problems but they aren't as vocal as we are. Someone from the JP forums came over here in one of the other topics if I recall correctly.

Ah yes.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...71#post4426571

Post #564.

[RokkuEkkusu]

Some improvements:

1. HP absorption from the Souleater combo should no longer require Grit.

Paladin's Clemency, Warrior's Thrill of Battle and the Storm's Path combo self-heals without the use of their respective tank stances.

2. Make both blood price and blood weapon available to in and out of Grit like in HW. And they should also not share a cooldown timer too.

3. Make TBN have an AOE effect during Dark Arts (maybe a little bit of the blood gauge too if TBN's cooldown timer still remains 15 seconds).