Quote Originally Posted by kikix12 View Post
Eh...no. They are knights with a little bit of supplementary magic. Lore-wise Dark Knight does not even use magic AT ALL. He uses the darkness that dwells within him.

As I said, Paladins are as much magic knights as this iteration of Red Mage is a melee job. A proper magic knight would use magic-enchanted sword to deal damage with possibly using spells straight out here or there (Rune Fencer/Spellblade etc.).

Yes, I want a straight out caster tank. But that does have little to do with how Paladins in this game are not magic knights.
You're talking semantics here.
There's a difference between a 'caster tank' which would be a mage who can take a hit, and a 'magic knight' aka the mystic knight or rune knight jobs.

In the latter sense, paladin and dark knight are 100% magic knights. The only difference here is element.
Mystic knight deals with the cardinal elements, paladin is 'holy element' and dark knight is 'dark element'. Obviously in FFXIV, elements only amount to aesthetic flavour.