Thread: Dark Knight Mini-Rework (5.0 as a base)

Level 100
Scarlet Delirium (Weaponskill) Upgrades from Delirium
Deals unaspected damage to all enemies in a cone before you with a potency of 650 for the first enemy, and 50% less for all remaining enemies.
Additional Effect: Increases Blood Gauge by 50, restores MP (3000), and grants Dark Arts.
Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of MP to execute Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow.

Enhanced Darkside II (Trait)
Allows for a consecutive charge of Dark Arts.
Maximum Charges: 2

Like Darkness above, this is also somewhat experimental. While mostly being a buff to my revised Delirium, having a second charge of Dark Arts would make DRK's opener and 120s bursts INCREDIBLY hectic, briefly returning to the old APM playstyle it was known for during the Stormblood era. This has the potential to see DRK becoming the undisputed oGCD tank once more, with the drawback of possibly creating problems when positioning bosses or dealing with tank-specific mechanics. The second charge of Dark Arts more or less exists to prevent wasting a stored charge from absorbing TBN's barrier.

I realized I left a few commonly voiced concerns out (A return of Dark Arts, Living Shadow functioning as a DoT, sks not affecting spells, ect), but I was trying to be temper my fantasies and ground myself into suggesting additions that would be both feasible and enjoyable to me personally. I tried to account for button-bloat, and I am sure many of you will disagree with placing more emphasis on Delirium, Darkness and Dark Arts increasing the frequency of oGCD spam within already busy burst windows. But yeah, thanks to anyone who takes the trouble to read through my massive wall of text to comment, and additional thanks to anyone devs who happen to come across this post to read my ramblings! <3