DPS should be WAR > GNB > DRK > PLD

[Cabalabob]

As someone who played XI, I was unhappy with 14's DRK at first and how they made it into a tank even though I loved tanking in 14, but when I gave it a fair shot I found I loved it more as a tank and really enjoyed it. In the end, it doesn't matter what our perception is, the devs have intended 14 DRK to be a tank and it will always be that way, so they gave RPR for the "DPS DRK" fans which was really cool.

The most iconic DRK we have in FF is Cecil and no matter how you cut it, he is the designated tank of the party the entire game, especially as a DRK. And I do miss Delirium lowering INT and Rage of Halone lowering STR.

If we’re talking FFXI, once again, WAR was a basic job that was the middle ground having both berserk and defender to give up defence for attack and vice versa. DRK and PLD were then advanced jobs that leaned into one aspect of the WAR, DRK being an attacker that gave up mostly on defence, PLD being a defender that gave up mostly on attack.

DRK doesn’t have to be a dps to live up to that class fantasy. Even in ffxiv we can see that same pattern, DRK’s rotation is practically just WARs rotation but with extra attack buttons but less utility. A WAR that has given up on defence for more attack.

And Cecil isn’t really a good benchmark for anything because by that logic PLD should be stronger than DRK as it was his direct class upgrade and was better than it in every way even in the remake.