So Drks getting rekt 3 expacs in a row great job devs

[Kaixern]

I mean, without it's cost living shadow will finally have some syngergy with the dark knight kit
It still has no interaction like the MCH queen and the SMN summons
It doesn't reproduce your moves like the ninja bunshin
Still a glorified dot
Now you really don't have to think at all with this ability with it's lack of cost, you just toss it every 2 minute like the rest of the dark knight kit, which means it has finally some synergy in a way
(.....And my sarcasm meter blew again, sorry will come back shortly)

[Oizen]

Living Shadow is what procs the new finisher GCD.

Is this arbitrary? Yes.

[Absurdity]

Living Shadow is what procs the new finisher GCD.

Is this arbitrary? Yes.

"Oh, you remembered to press this cooldown that costs you nothing? Well done, champ! Here's some more free damage through no effort of your own!"

Basically the same idea they applied to Warrior, they seem to think that is peak design.

[GoatOfWar]

"Oh, you remembered to press this cooldown that costs you nothing? Well done, champ! Here's some more free damage through no effort of your own!"

Basically the same idea they applied to Warrior, they seem to think that is peak design.

Warrior's design is easily the worst of all the tanks, and the biggest offender of homogenisation.
I genuinely think the tanks would be much better off today if WAR didn't exist, or if it was a melee dps.

[MagiusNecros]

Best thing DRK ever got was PvP fun time with draw-in Salted Earth and Eventide being hype.

I don't like Eventide being tied to a 2 minute CD and one most don't care about.

Would have preferred for it to combo off Shadowbringer.

[SeverianLyonesse]

I don't think DRK and Cloud line up all that aesthetically, especially not the level Squall and Gunbreaker do.

Lol they just gave it a one-winged angel ability. Just like they gave Cloud one wing in KH. It's not as far off as you'd think.

[HappyHubris]

we've had a megathread about Drks being terrible and un fun for over 2 years now.

Then...swap jobs? The devs don't read these English forums, and it seems that they aren't reading any feedback.

Do what healers are doing and reroll.

[ThorneDynasty]

Would have preferred for it to combo off Shadowbringer.

It would actually give a point to Shadowbringer being a stack instead of just one bigger 120s attack if Eventide had a cooldown too. Shadowbringer gives you an unstackable status that boosts/unlocks Eventide, making you want to Shadowbringer > Eventide > Shadowbringer during burst and spend the second Eventide at some point before the next 120s burst.

Not terribly deep or complicated, but still far better than just spamming everything at 120s.

[ThorneDynasty]

Then...swap jobs? The devs don't read these English forums, and it seems that they aren't reading any feedback.

Do what healers are doing and reroll.

How's that working out? Every healer is now the same with slight flavor differences. Where are healers going to go now if they still want to heal? WAR?

[MagiusNecros]

It would actually give a point to Shadowbringer being a stack instead of just one bigger 120s attack if Eventide had a cooldown too. Shadowbringer gives you an unstackable status that boosts/unlocks Eventide, making you want to Shadowbringer > Eventide > Shadowbringer during burst and spend the second Eventide at some point before the next 120s burst.

Not terribly deep or complicated, but still far better than just spamming everything at 120s.

Living Shadow resetting the CD on Delirium would of made more sense to me and then you have Eventide combo off Shadowbringer. I dunno who makes these design decisions but my fighting game muscle memory brain cells just want to commit ritual suicide when I see stuff like this.

I'm still hoping they shuffle around Dark Missionary so you get it before 70 to have it fall in line with other Tanks instead of being gimped until 76. Oblation could use a buff too.

But it's their game not ours so whatever. Pretty sure they gave the cool stuff to Warrior again.