Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
a popular idea on the forums and in the community in general is that of dark knight coming from gladiator to give gladiators a dd option. but would this really work? with the armoury system at present and with how jobs currently work. if you were to stem dark knight from gladiators then it would in its nature be a very defensive roll.
You're assuming that GLA and PLD's scaling with stats would remain exactly the same. Do keep in mind that weapon damage is VERY important, and that what the armoury system deals with is clutter and has the potential to draw on application.

Fast Blade from a DRK would hurt a whole lot more than Fast Blade from a PLD. DRK would have a much higher chance to use Goring and Riot Blades, seeing that they'd be focusing on DPS rather than tanking. DRK would not be able to use Shield Bash and Aegis Boon, as those require shields and DRK would be all about Great Sword. This does, however, mean that some heavy adjustments need to be done to GLA so that PLD and DRK can grow out of it. I once suggested that GLA be adjusted to be more middle of the road and PLD being the tank option while DRK would be the DPS option. Move the heavy tank stuff to PLD, give GLA some offensive traits and build from there. Here's my suggestion in full.

the same traits, the same abilities it wouldn't be unique.
I don't put much stock in "uniqueness". We end up with messes like "class A can't get a needed fix because it might step on the toes of class B and thus make it less 'unique'". It's easy to lose sight that functionality is just as (or more, in my case) important when you focus too much on being a unique snowflake.