my first impressions of new DRK

[ICountFrom0]

I'm saddened by some of what is removed, some of it things I never got a chance to use, but I am not attached to it... or so I tell myself.

I'm at 60.

I've got 20 levels to go before I find out what it REALLY is.

My thoughts:

1. Flood VS Edge will take me a little while to get comfortable with, but I understand it I guess.
2. I'm really looking forward to Delirium, I'm not sure where I'll put it, as I'll, surely, still be trying to do my GCD while also doing bloodpiller and/or quietus, but... I think I see the potential
3. Is plunge the only skill that actually has the ability to make a stack?
4. The Blackest Night "grants dark arts" ? Help?

[Agner]

3) Do you mean charges? If so, yes. Plunge will be the only DRK ability with a charge.
4) If you pop TBN, then you'll be granted Dark Arts: This allows you to use a free Flood/Edge of Darkness (lvl 30/40 respectively) and Shadow (both upgraded at 74).

[ICountFrom0]

4) If you pop TBN, then you'll be granted Dark Arts: This allows you to use a free Flood/Edge of Darkness (lvl 30/40 respectively) and Shadow (both upgraded at 74).

TBN is targetable though. If you cast it onto somebody who can't use flood/edge, then they won't be able to benifit from dark arts? This encourages you to use it on yourself, or party with a second DRK?

Its far more engaging to play now in comparison to old DRK, there are more buttons to press frequently instead of mashing one. First minute/ 30 seconds of fight on DRK is super intense, there are a lot of stuff you want to press at the same time.

I liked being able to burst when I wanted to, based on my MP and my choices. I liked that chance to be high skill, even if I was likely doing it wrong. I thought that being able to stack charges would let me burst in a similar way, but if almost nothing charges, what's the point?

[Jandor]

TBN is targetable though. If you cast it onto somebody who can't use flood/edge, then they won't be able to benifit from dark arts? This encourages you to use it on yourself, or party with a second DRK?

You get the dark arts charge when it pops, no matter who it pops on (presumably.)

[Age_of_Oblivion]

DRK has been my main tank since I started playing HS. My first impression is that it's time to level PLD.

[Nedkel]

My first impression covers what i already said about DRK.
Its far more engaging to play now in comparison to old DRK, there are more buttons to press frequently instead of mashing one. First minute/ 30 seconds of fight on DRK is super intense, there are a lot of stuff you want to press at the same time.
I am torn apart between lvling pld na DRK now

Biggest disappointment is WAR, nothing has changed on him, just that 2 recharges on infuriate and maybe heal when i lvl up.

[shao32]

i spend like 30 min relocating my skills, and after test the new rotation feels bad, most of the time spaming soul eater with a ocasional bloodspiller/edge is sad, and the delirium window is worse that i expected bcs i end doing 6-7 bloodspillers in the end, the job don't change at all betwen 70-80 in single target so this is what we get -.-

My first impression covers what i already said about DRK.
Its far more engaging to play now in comparison to old DRK, there are more buttons to press frequently instead of mashing one. First minute/ 30 seconds of fight on DRK is super intense, there are a lot of stuff you want to press at the same time.
I am torn apart between lvling pld na DRK now

Biggest disappointment is WAR, nothing has changed on him, just that 2 recharges on infuriate and maybe heal when i lvl up.

i guess you din't ever play optimally DRK before in SB.

[Nedkel]

i guess you din't ever play optimally DRK before in SB.

I didnt, i hated it.
Now DRK feels more like Stoormblood paladin, more buttons to press there.

[shao32]

I didnt, i hated it.
Now DRK feels more like Stoormblood paladin, more buttons to press there.

if you didn't play optimaly then you can't say we press more buttoms, it's like a dragoon making comparations when he don't even bother to activate dragon blood.

[Jandor]

Cool, sounds like we lost a job I liked in exchange for night theme version of a job that already exists.