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Dark Knight FAQ v.1.1
Author: Ninjakid69
FFXI: Chaosbringer, lvl 33DRK, server: Ragnarok
email: N/A as I no longer have the time to answer game-related
emails.
Foreward:
This faq is for those interested in the paths of darkness. What
does the path
of darkness entail? Heavy Damage, some nice black magic, etc.
Dark Knights
Won't do the damage that rangers can, or Black mages for that
matter. But if
you want a job that can dish out good damage without the upkeep
needed for
ranger or the expensive spells of black mage, dark knight may be
for you.I
wrote this guide because I wanted to inform all about my
favorite class (DRK).
I will try to base all my ideas on facts and knowledge, so
please no flames.
Yes I know Samurais can gain tp faster than drks, and DRG's get
pentrathrust
faster than DRK's get guillotine. DRK's are still an awesome
class.
Legal mumbo jumbo:
This is my faq. You are welcome to read it, save it on your
computer, but you
must not steal it and pass it off as your own work. I will allow
you to host
the faq if you tell me about it.
Table of contents:
1a) Questions
2a) Dark Knight Quest
3a) Job Abilities and Job Traits
4a) Spell List
5a) Strategy and Party set-ups
6a) Great subs and Bad subs
7a) Equipment
8a) Level Strategies
9a) revisions list
10a) Thank You Section
1a) Questions:
Is Dark knight a good tank?
-No, No, and No. According to the FFXI official guide (which
isn't that great)
it has the same growth in VIT as DRG and samurai, but this does
not mean it
can tank like either, mostly because of Last Resort (which
lowers defense and
raises offense) or souleater (which eats HP to raise damage).
Any party that
relies on DRK to be a main tank will have a harder time exping.
And even if
DRKs didnt use the skills, does not mean that the VIT of DRKs,
SAMs, and DRGs
make it a very strong tank. Think about paladins and warriors,
and ninjas with
blink. A lot of people might think Dark Knight can be decent
tank, and it can,
but you would sacrifice the use of Soul Eater, Last resort, etc.
If you
absolutely LOVE to tank, pick galka race for Dark Knight.
Is Dark Knight the most damaging?
-Nope. IT is one of the most damaging classes, and will be very
deadly once it
aquires guillotine, but not as damaging as Ranger or BLM. DRGs
may dish out
more damage because of the wyvern (DRG) + pentathrust. I hear
sams can do
more damage than DRKs can, but I really don't see how. A samurai
can unleash
tp, meditate, unleash tp, but it won't do the damage that a dark
knight can
using souleater.Experienced players tell me that DRGS will be
doing more
damage than DRKs because DRGS aquire pentrathrust before
guillotine. However,
with soul eater, we will be respectable,and with guillotine,we
will be doing
more damage than even pentathrust. Although this is not a "which
job is
better FAQ," my lst version misguided a lot of players into
thinking that
dark knight is overrated and weak. I am going to flat out say
it, when all
melee jobs are stripped of their skills (timer is not up), darks
do the most
damage hit for hit. Also, its a common misconception that we are
worthless
without guillotine...How so? DRG don't get pentathrust until
their late 40s,
SAM weapon skills don't get any better, etc. I absolutely think
Sams and DRG
are great jobs (one chains renkeis, other has good Weapon
Skills, extra
wyvern damage, breath attacks), but I don't know why people see
Dark Knight
as the only "Sucks till later" class when a lot of advanced jobs
don't get
better until later levels.
IF dark Knight isnt the most damaging, isnt that the point? why
should I care?
-Low upkeep, scythes are way cheaper than other job weapons,
Soul Eater lvl 30
skill (I do 90+dmg to an Incredibly tough mob each hit while
other heavy
melee do 20-30)
How hard is the DRK quest?
-very easy. I will go in detail on how to acquire dark knight in
a moment.
What is the best race for DRK?
- the guide says to pick mithra, I asked my linkshell and they
said no way.
Pick Elvann or Galka for most damage and health, pick hume and
mithra for ok
damage and decent black magic, and tarus for Great black magic,
accuracy and
pure shock factor.I am personally a hume because it is more
accurate than
Elvann and Galka. I really suggest you don't pick Taru LOL
So I have a class that can Hit for UBER damage and can Nuke for
Uber damage!
this job makes all melee jobs and BLM jobs obsolete! oh yeah!
-No. As I already said, this is a job that deals good damage for
the cost
efficient in mind. And you will never, ever nuke like a black
mage, even if
your magic skills are capped. The Dark Knights magic is not used
to nuke, but
to be an addition to the physical damage. You can still magic
burst with your
dark, so the magic is still useful. Leave real nuking to the
nukers, BLM.
It is the Drain-stat spells that set our magic apart from caster
jobs.
Imagine draining Agility, or strength and adding it to your own.!
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