Dark Knight has been a bit of a rollercoaster in terms of its raid usage in FFXIV Endwalker. So, let’s pour through the Logs, and talk about the State of Dark Knight!
FFLogs: https://www.fflogs.com/
State of Paladin: https://youtu.be/WhTSAW9PDQk
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The problem with DRK is that it lacks any kind of identity, back in HW it had very clear identity, anti-magic tank, 1-2-3 combo that applied int+mind debuff on enemy, dark mind and something else i think, it also had some vampireish traits, sole survivor gave DRK MP and HP when enemy was killed with the debuff i think? Not really sure
But now with all the homogenization and jobs losing uniqueness, DRK definetly suffers the most, since when the entire concept is being anti-magic job, but eliminating all these restrictions just makes DRK be in a limbo.
The job design is just a mess and devs have no idea what they want DRK to be, its just a WAR clone with a shitton of OGCDs, lot of these abilities dont really matter and are only existing for the sake of existing
DRK is pretty popular because of its active gameplay, but mainly all hardcore players used DRK because of its insane damage, now that its not the best DPS anymore, the popularity dropped massively.
That was the reason why it was so popular in DSR and TOP aswell, the magic damage reduction was whatever since every tank could live any tank buster and mech with normal cooldowns, DRK was and probably will always be really popular job because of the huge amounts of OGCDs, other jobs rely on building resources, DRK relies on off globals, so the more downtime there is in a fight, the better will DRK be in that fight, DRK was just straight up busted in TOP in 6.3, because it had so much damage because of OGCDs when compared to other tanks
Also on a bonus note, anyone who says that DRK is bad in some fights because having dark mind causes it to be overall worse in physical fights is an idiot, first of all you can survive any buster without it, the incoming damage from bosses is ridiculously low, and second, SE makes almost every tank buster magical now because of this, golbez is funny example, it had 2 different busters, one where he causes meteors to land on your head, and one where he swings his sword at you, quess which damage type these are? Ofc they are magical, cuz throwing a rock at somebody and swinging your sword is definetly magical….
Nice, and informative video i'm not a raider since i'm shy and being a nursing student can't find the time and a group 🙁 It's always nice hearing about these from a raider!