Thread: 4.11+ DRK Suggestions/Balance Changes from a "Hardcore" Player

Originally Posted by Reynhart

MP gives Blood with TBN
Blood gives MP with Quietus

We could somehow generalize that to all MP and Blood expenses.

You can exchange between the two, and in some instances use one to gain the other, but that's not really what I'm talking about.


MP is used to deal damage and to bolster your defenses.
Blood is used only to deal damage.

It would be much easier to fix Dark Knight as a class, both in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, if one of these resources were used exclusively for offense, and one were used exclusively for defense.

Originally Posted by Crater

It would be much easier to fix Dark Knight as a class, both in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, if one of these resources were used exclusively for offense, and one were used exclusively for defense.

Originally Posted by Crater

*The issue that's paired with that is, of course, that the same resource is being used for defense and offense. But considering that DRK has two completely distinct resources, there's a pretty obvious solution to that problem staring us all in the face.

Originally Posted by Crater

It would be much easier to fix Dark Knight as a class, both in terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, if one of these resources were used exclusively for offense, and one were used exclusively for defense.

This could fix something from a balance standpoint, but would it be interesting gameplay wise ?
I think it would make Blood Gauge feel as bland as the Oath Gauge, since you have no real decision to make on how to spend it (or how you build it).

The difference being that Infuriate costs nothing to use. It's just a free 50 Gauge. The Blood you gain when TBN breaks is offset by the 2400 MP you spend to use it. If TBN didn't cost MP, then yeah, we'd have a problem of people trying to break it on auto-attacks for a DPS gain. But as it is, that's not a problem. There's no reason to use outside of busters and periods of high sustained damage.

Again, I'll reiterate that auto attacks hit too hard in these fights to not attempt to TBN whatever is possible, especially if one even dreams of dropping Grit for any reason. Dark Knight has too little in between to mitigate spikes of damage from all angles to not rely on it. To "leave TBN alone" would imply a huge increase in active mitigation tools elsewhere to stay relevant if fights continue to be designed this way.

Why not leave BS cost as is but increase the potency of DA BS (like DA adds 160/180 pot instead of 140) this way it's a priority over the rest which I feel DRK could use because right now you just dump your DA on whatever.

Originally Posted by hoax

Why not leave BS cost as is but increase the potency of DA BS (like DA adds 160/180 pot instead of 140) this way it's a priority over the rest which I feel DRK could use because right now you just dump your DA on whatever.

a really cool buff would be for TBN to proc a free DA when the shield breaks.
at least, it's make a clear gain.