(07-01-2015, 02:16 PM)Uninstalldotexe Wrote: Dark Passenger is only worth it when you have 3 or more enemies and you can line up your shot correctly which would increase your DPS.Dark Passenger is actually worth it for DPS to keep permanently on CD, as long as you don't Dark Arts it. It has a very inefficient Dark Arts bonus unless you're going for the aoe blind (which is broken at the moment anyway, just like every other AoE dark arts combo), but is your second highest potency per mp spent if you just use the raw ability. At 60 the numbers for your MP damage spells are:
As far as cross class skills, Freelance has the right of it with Foresight, Bloodbath, Convalescence, and Provoke. Though, most say Bloodbath is a waste but I liked it personally especially when you AoE with Unleash or even single target for burst heals.
Dark Passenger: 0.169 pot per mp (a variety of other higher numbers depending on bard / MCH debuffing)
Carve and Spit:Â 0.1979 pot per mp (0.21 if slashing debuff)
Souleater:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0.0678 pot per mp (0.074 if slashing debuff)
The important thing to remember is that Dark Arts doesn't give you 400 potency if you use it on Souleater, it gives you the bonus of 140 over the usual 260, and that can further be lowered to 120 because without Dark Arts you'd the vast majority of the time be using Delirium, as it has a 280 potency without.
To get back to the topic of DRK as a whole, I am enjoying it immensely and it has reinvigorated my interest in tanking in this game, as up to now due to jobs I didn't like it has been the only MMO I haven't mained tank in.
Its a bit rough around the edges and could use some fine tuning, and still needs fixes for the myriad of bugs, but even still it should be good enough for me to head headfirst into Alexander with as is, and its the dreamtank for any AoE-enthusiast its large array of AoE skills.
(07-01-2015, 02:31 PM)Melkire Wrote: Haven't leveled DRK at all yet, but I have PLD and WAR to 50 and tank regularly on my WAR.
Question for DRK players: do you expect to replace Foresight or Bloodbath with Awareness at any point? I assume that Provoke, Convalescence, and Mercy Stroke are the "have these at all times" cross-class abilities for the job.
Currently the debated two are Awareness / Mercy Stroke on a situational basis, Provoke, Convalesense, Foresight and Bloodbath staying on fulltime. I may end up having Bloodbath being the one I drop off when I get into proper 60 raiding, as well. Since all our AoE damage is magic it can't be utilised as well as on Warrior. I've never really been a fan of Mercy Stroke personally, so I might be slightly biased, I will admit.