Dark Knight Class?Follow

I would hope that there is some sort of DD that can also cast Magics. I mean from the looks of it I doubt you can be 2 disciplines at once (kinda like main/sub). However depending on /equip macros I wonder if it would even matter considering if you can change disciplines in the heat of battle?

They have already said they don't want us to be able to switch mid battle.

I thought the great axes were anounced, the Maruader will be useing them.

Edit: Bah, fine hit all my points just befor me :P

Edited, Mar 28th 2010 3:58pm by zurinadrg

Thaumaturge has Absorb spells from the looks of it.

I'm sure there will be a sycthe type class at some point but I wouldn't expect it to be anything like a Dark Knight.

The classes seem to be quite narrow in their focus - Archer is totally about range, Lancer is about being a bit further away, Pugilist, Marauder, and Gladiator are up close, and seem to either hit hard or balance hate amoung themselves. And a lot of Dark Knight-ish abilities seem to have found a home on other classes, too. Thaumaturge can spend HP to increase magic accuracy, as well as Drain and Absorb Spells. Archer consumes HP to find items on the battlefield. Lancer has an ability that consumes HP to increase damage, one that consumes HP to increase TP, and finally a Blood Weapon-esq drain HP on hit, and so also Marauder, which gets Bloodbath to restore a percentage of HP.

It's pretty clear that a greater degree of self-sufficiency is in place on all of these classes. Everyone seems to have a way, sometimes situational, to restore their HP. Most jobs seem to have a way to use HP, MP, and TP as more than just bars which indicate whether they are alive, whether they can cast, or whether they can weapon skill respectivly. These are resources to balance, and I suspect part of the strategy of battle will involve quickly weighing up whether a particular set of commands will leave you with a deficiency in one or more of these resources (HP/MP/TP), meaning other people have to cover for your lack of damage output for a time.

In this scenario, and I'm only speculating here, something like a Dark Knight, seems less likely. It's principle game was big damage dealing and supporting itself with spells at the expense of it's target. Most of that seems to have already been re-distributed. However, in an interview a long way back, "The number of classes we’ll see at the start of service isn’t set yet. However, they do think they will add classes with version updates rather than with major expansions like they did with FFXI."
If classes are to be added with version updates, I think that supports the notion that they are tightly focused ability-sets, and we already know that the weapon determins the class.

There is an interview floating around out there and SE said quite clearly that more weapons will be making an appearance, and I think they even mentioned scythes specifically. I don't have time to find it, but it's definitely out there.

Ok, cool, thanks everyone for the replies :)

Calling this now: our scythe-wielding class will be a Disciple of the Land.

Lol@Traumafox, more like a sickle xD. Hey you never know though :D It could be one of the larger sickles for harvesting.

Oh, hmm, I thought the brand of...bleh well anyway cool, thanks for clearing that up :D

Farming/Harvesting Class? =(



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Edited, Mar 29th 2010 11:08pm by Faaeng

If DRK or any other class in XI is going to be your game breaker, I wouldn't lose to much hope. I think all classes in XI are going to be added in the future if people really want them. You're one of many people who want DRK to be added. Did you take that latest FFXV poll? One of the questions asked something like "What classes do you want added?" And DRK was in the list^^ So at least its being considered.