Dark Knight: 5.0x Feedback Thread

[Rosenstrauch]

Being a capricious sort, I bit the bullet and started leveling Dark Knight. I stand by my earlier statement: Dark Knight below levels 70/72 is agonizingly dull, and so far (76) nothing I've gained has made it any better. But in particular, I have to say something about the current implementation of Delirium. The amount of MP gained from Bloodspiller during Delirium is absurdly low, and the amount gained by Quietus, while not much better, is at least decent. But the values in particular, 200 and 500, make me wonder if perhaps their properties were flipped during development.

Or, more specifically, that Bloodspiller might actually being restoring 200 MP per target hit, while Quietus restores a flat 500 MP... not because of some weird idea of how these should be balanced, but that due to a coding error Quietus's effect was attached to Bloodspiller and vice versa.

But given how hard Dark Knight's MP restoration dropped between Stormblood (12.5%-25% depending on Grit) and Shadowbringers (2%, 5%, 6%...), and how the MP costs for Dark Knights spells went up (25% to 30%), maybe they just think Dark Knight needed to struggle with a resource they didn't used to struggle with. Or they're afraid of repeating the Dark Arts spam of Stormblood (even though that's exactly what Edge of Shadow amounts to).

[Kabooa]

But in particular, I have to say something about the current implementation of Delirium. The amount of MP gained from Bloodspiller during Delirium is absurdly low.

It's to pre-emptively get rid of any blood / MP generation vs Delirium Bloodspiller.

Syphon is 600mp, or 200mp / GCD average.

Bloodspiller gives 200mp / GCD. In other words, it's 600 potency for free. Not 600 - the MP opportunity cost.

[Ultimatecalibur]

It's to pre-emptively get rid of any blood / MP generation vs Delirium Bloodspiller.

Syphon is 600mp, or 200mp / GCD average.

Bloodspiller gives 200mp / GCD. In other words, it's 600 potency for free. Not 600 - the MP opportunity cost.

Yeah the MP gains of Bloodspiller and Quietus during Delirium are intended to make the Delirium bursts MP neutral compared to the normal rotations.