Dark Knight suggestions/request

[Ekimmak]

I will sometimes use Dark Arts + Dark Passenger on a single target at the start of a fight, because you absolutely will overflow on MP otherwise.

But then, I gave up on trying to be a good DRK on Stormblood's launch. Just feels too unimpressive to try.

[Valdegarde]

Strangely enough, Dark Knight is actually a tank and supposed to not die in large groups. When juggling the the core balancing act of blood generation into Quietus into MP, your oGCD time is at an absolute premium. Rarely rarely will you find the time and MP to blow on a dark arts + dark passenger when you could be using so many other things needed to stay alive or generate more MP to stay alive.

If you're in the clear and safe enough to drop all the drains, TBN, etc. then go for it.

But when you're that safe...maybe that means you should have pulled more things?

The ONLY situations I find myself Dark Passenger-ing in is during blood weapon + quietus shenanigans when the MP bar is doing an Earthbound/Mother 3 thing where I'm getting so much MP from a Quietus but not all at once so I can dump some while it's refilling and it'll still max out. Even then, priority goes to TBN if it's up, or dark arts + dark mind in magic heavy pulls.

Edit: I just don't understand Dark Passenger's unique difficulties when Warrior can berserk out Overpowers and Steel Cyclones like nothing and Paladin gets to Circle of Scorn without any choices involved, you just always press it.

[347SPECTRE]

Only time you DA syphon strike is if you're about to cap on mp,which is usually during blood weapon. Also, most people are referring to a single target situation.
In an AoE situation you're using DA +AD and Quietus, which are way more effective than wasting mp on DP. It just isn't worth it. Also the blind on DA + DP conflicts with the (meager) mp gain from blood price.

As for your hotbar, that's honestly a personal problem.

[RLofOBFL]

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It doesn't matter what people "think" or how many people agree, it is a fact that it is the best use of your MP in any AoE situation, especially at 2-3 since AD and Quietus are extremely less effective at such a low number. But it's useless on one target, which I am okay with. However if you aren't using DADP when there is 2+ enemies, you aren't playing DRK to the best of its abilities.

And yes that is a personal problem, I never implied it wasn't. I am just wondering how next expac will work as it is for us controller users ; ;

[Xenosan]

If you're going to blow 2,400 MP on a HP-absorb that doesn't matter you can blow it on +100 potency.