(02-13-2014, 04:08 AM)synaesthetic Wrote: So... what does GLA get? Another tank job? That would be completely pointless and not in line with what Yoshida stated about classes getting jobs that changed their role. It very well may. We all like DRK and we all want them to put it in. Heck it was my main in XI. I want it bad, and will absolutely play it no matter what form it takes.Â
GLA will end up getting a damage-dealer job, and it will "negate" abilities, just like ACN's damage dealing abilities are "negated" on SCH.
The benefit of GLA and MRD getting damage-dealer jobs will be that they can effectively offtank in emergencies, just like SCH and WHM can somewhat effectively deal damage in emergencies, and WAR can do a little damage as well.
Jobs do change class roles. SCH is a great example, but SCH does not lose any Arcanist abilities at all, save for the two summons becoming healing and support based pets. It just fails to gain any SMN abilities. The transformation is based as much on the job abilities it gains, as well as the transition of the pets from dd/tank to support/healing.Â
All that people are pointing out with the MRD over GLA argument is that the transition is easier branching out of MRD, as opposed to branching out of GLA. Are they right that DRK will spawn out of MRD? Who knows. MRD has many abilities that one would attribute to a DRK. Bloodbath is Blood Weapon, Vengeance is similar to Dread Spikes, Scythe animations could easily share the same animation as the Great Axe (in XI, they were the same animation). It is correct that branching DRK from MRD would be the easier fit. They could still be wrong, though.
DRK could branch out from the Great Sword wielding class they have mentioned being tested. The two planned jobs for it could easily be DRK and what ever they are going to call SAM. It could, though it is super unlikely, also branch from Musketeer, because Yoshi-P is an awesome crazy person who feels DRKs should use guns. One sec, I am going to take a moment to reflect how freaking awesome that could be for a second. Mmmm. There, moment over. It could also branch from some class that they have not even teased us with. (Sidenote - Yoshi-P has mentioned that we will be getting NIN and SAM, they are just not going to be called NIN and SAM.)Â
I like GLA, I really do. And I really love Paladin. As far as a pure DD class branching out of it, I dunno. GLA is set up as a straight up tank from a class stand point. PLD enhances this, crazily. Do not forget that they had to modify WAR to make it a tank on par with PLD. I mean, WARs have to cross class two abilities from it to be full on effective tanks. What we are really talking about here is the difference in changing two abilities (like with SCH) and giving nearly every single ability a class has a complete overhaul. Can it be done? Yes. Will they do it? I think it is unlikely. It is way more work than I think they will find necessary. I also think that they approached each class with a plan as to what jobs it would branch into. Evidence is seen in SCH and SMN. Both have vastly different roles as Jobs, but they build off of the same root. A healer/dps that focuses on damage over time as opposed to bursting. GLA is awesome, but it is not a DD. DRK is a DD. That is how they are looking at it. That is how it was listed when the mentioned it int the poll. To be specific "A damage dealer that deals special damage (Dark Knight)."
Still. I could be wrong. We all could be, and our lives will not be completely ruined if DRK does not branch off of what we would like it to. Lets focus on the excitement of what jobs besides DRK could possibly branch off of GLA. Fencer? Mystic Knight? Templar? Onion Knight? There are wide open possibilities. Yar.
