Is anyone surprised at this point?

[Colt47]

Tbh while it might look nice for warrior we really did not need any damn potency buffs.

Warrior already has better defensives, better selfheal and better party support than other tanks so we do not also need better dps.
What warrior needs is something to shake up the incredibly monotonous gameplay, not more potency.


This fixes exactly nothing about the fact that you fall asleep while playing the job.

Warrior I think the number of skills is correct, just they are very much a global cooldown job without any instant attacks outside of 2. Paladin on the otherhand feels like it needs something done to prune a little. I mean I can't even keep up with all the instant attacks it has on my bars.

[Sqwall]

Warrior I think the number of skills is correct, just they are very much a global cooldown job without any instant attacks outside of 2. Paladin on the otherhand feels like it needs something done to prune a little. I mean I can't even keep up with all the instant attacks it has on my bars.

I agree. DRK used to have a ebb and flow to it's playstyle. Now it's just all over the place and it's no longer elegant.

WAR is slow, but it's a good slow. It feels strong and powerful when you attack. Not to mention it is really hard to kill a WAR. They just refuse to go down with all the life steal, mitigation, and Holmgang being the 2nd best invuln. WAR is in a really good spot right now. I'm glad I changed from PLD to WAR this expansion as my main tank. Endwalkers will be interesting on what they offer to WAR or any tanks for that matter.

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

EndWalker is going to be the do or die for Dark Knight, at this point... Either Dark knight redemption or it will be time to give Dark Knight the 5.0 Monk treatment.

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

(This is a reply to a deleted comment...Now I feel bad about my reply... X'3)
by 5.0 monk treatment, I meant cold-turkey cut Dark Knight and completely abandon playing Dark Knight, with enough people doing it that Dark Knight becomes one of the least played of all subclasses...
If aught else, perhaps drastic measures and out-right throwing away a subclass, is the only real way to force a needed change...

On the other scale, ShB Dark Knight should be completely scrapped and thrown away... 5.x Dark Knight is the worst that the Subclass has ever been.
Dark Knight needs a complete reversion from WAR clone, back into its own identity... I do not mean to be rude, but your ideas to improve Dark Knight's burst will not undo "WAR clone", the one thing that a lot of people hate the most about Dark Knight. Instead of changing or improving its current game-play, the current needs to be completely trashed, and replaced with the old Dark Knight remastered.

To turn Dark Knight into a "Burst" Tank was the biggest mistake that the dev team ever made with Dark Knight. Dark Knight was always a sustained damager, not a Burst damager. Dark Knight's current Burst should not be improved, it should be almost completely removed, so that Dark Knight can return to being a sustained damager.
also, just in my opinion, the current The Blackest Night's design is stupid. I feel like the mockery of Dark Arts should be removed from it, and The Blackest Night should have no connection to damage potential, as it is a literal liability, that the defensive barrier has to be broken, for a damage gain.
The design is stupid... The Blackest Night should be a pure defensive action, and the "If Broken" bonus should be a further defensive, self-healing, or utility bonus, not a liability("bonus") of resource or damage.

and my apologies for the rant... I just feel a lot of various strong negative emotions towards Dark Knight, and it must have been just as bad for the players that loved and were loyal to Monk, despite the shit that Subclass has also gone through.

[Jirah]

Wish people had this type of enlightenment with my old main, I’m excited to see where DRK goes it’ll either be ok or horrible

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

For the most part, I feel apprehension and not certain towards 6.0 Dark Knight... I want to hope, but if I hope, the disappointment will just hurt more.