Dark Knight Megathread

[Shurrikhan]

DRK could definitely use a rework but if we can't have that I'd at least want two changes:

- Oblation grants a regen effect
- Blood weapon has 5 stacks for 30 secs, heal for each GCD used

I honestly don't see a need for a regen effect.

I suppose if our budget of incoming prevented/recovered were too skewed towards prevention, which is simply objectively better so long as it's granular enough or allotted duration enough not to go to waste (a problem we already see with TBN), we'd end up OP when used as a well-healed prog tank. But, for now... that's not really the case, mostly due to the practical constraints of TBN. We could afford to either first deemphasize those constraints or buff our mitigation before we'd necessarily have to draw in regens.

Moreover, if we were to get more self-sustain, I'd slightly prefer have it separate from the mitigation itself and/or come from more traditional / thematic sources, such as within a revised Abyssal Drain, Souleater, or even our Bloodspiller.

[Kalaam]

Imagine, Oblation second effect being "if applied with The Blackest Night, when TBN breaks oblation becomes a regeneration of 10% of the target's HP per tick for the remaining duration"

[Jakulo]

Seeing people ignoring drk's issues because SE buffed our damage is so depressing. It's like in ShB when people say "At least we have TBN" and now it's "At least we have high dps" because TBN isn't even that much better now but they gotta cope somehow.

[Axxion]

Seeing people ignoring drk's issues because SE buffed our damage is so depressing. It's like in ShB when people say "At least we have TBN" and now it's "At least we have high dps" because TBN isn't even that much better now but they gotta cope somehow.

simple damage trumps over everything else. tbn? you mean more damage /s

[WhyAmIHere]

Seeing people ignoring drk's issues because SE buffed our damage is so depressing. It's like in ShB when people say "At least we have TBN" and now it's "At least we have high dps" because TBN isn't even that much better now but they gotta cope somehow.

Across rDPS, aDPS, and nDPS, DRK is ahead in terms of damage. This is okay, and a static-mate of mine pointed out the seeming dichotomy: WAR/PLD have good sustain, therefore they're doing lower damage, vice GNB/DRK having less, so higher damage to make up for it.

I get the sentiment, but I'm glad I said I wasn't gonna be tanking this tier. Damage is good and all but for a non-speedkill / high-end focused static, fun should win out over pushing DPS; and when your damage comes with the cons of 1) no sustain in single target outside of Souleater and preventative TBN usage, 2) overwhelming oGCD doubleweaving for burst windows, and 3) no meaningful changes to gameplay outside of a new oGCD, added to not changing at all from one expansion to the next, and I can't but be baffled.

Who at SE thought this was good enough?

[nanashinana]

It's honestly sad that I have to jump to GNB just to get a small little feel of how DRK used to play, and even then it's not the same.
TBN isn't even good anymore because of all the new tools the other tanks got. I'll still be levelling DRK just for the sake of it, and I'm not hopeful that SE will do anything at all to fix it.

Hell. Like many, I miss HW DRK but even I still had a little fun with SB DRK even with its mess of a gameplay. ShB and EW DRK feels so shallow and so goddamn boring. When I saw the media tour job actions I immediately decided to switch jobs because I am not going to force myself to play a job that is somehow always devolving instead of evolving every expansion.

[Mekhana]

I'm just waiting for the eventual and unavoidable damage nerf bat that is sure to come while not changing anything else.

[Duskane]

new AF good,damage good but gameplay stuck in Shadowbringer
big feels bad

[Mekhana]

new AF good,damage good but gameplay stuck in Shadowbringer
big feels bad

Yeah that's a good, simple way to put it tbh.

[Keagian]

I would prefer if they removed some oGCDs and lowered the CD on Bloodweapon, Delirium, Salt&Darkness, CnS/AD, and Shadowbringer to 30sec, and lower Living Shadow to 60sec just so DRK doesn't feel so boring and empty for such a prolong period of time.

And if they won't give us HP Sustain then at least go full in on the Barrier Tank and allow DRK to build up a Barrier.