PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

[Tatsuhara]

I was wondering if anyone could help me decide whether to be a DRK or a PLD. I'm leaning more towards DRK, for the ability to use some black magic, so I would b able to do magic bursts. But I really just want to know the strengths and weaknesses of both.

[Spiritbear]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Pld are Meat Shields. Drk is DD. That is the main difference you need to take into account when picking between them. Decide if you would rather be a Tank or DD.

My personal choice would be Pld.

[Tatsuhara]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Hm... Okay. Then from what you told me of DRK being a DD, I'll go with DRK.

[Spiritbear]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

In my opinion Drk is the uber DD. The only downside to Drk is they have very little defense, unlike Pld that is all defense and doesn't hit nearly as hard as a Drk.

Drk and Pld are opposites. Drk uses Black Magic and hits hard, Pld uses White Magic and takes hard hits.

[Murphie]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

As a DRK, I'd suggest saving your MP for Absorbs, Drain/Aspir and Stuns, and leave the Magic Bursting (if it happens at all) to the mages. Even as a Taru you wouldn't be swimming in the MP, and you can really put it to much better use than casting elemental nukes.

Seriously though, PLD and DRK are completely different roles in a party. If you're interested in DD, you should really be comparing DRK to other jobs.

[Mhurron]

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I Magic busted with my DRK in Qufim. It made me laugh and cry at the same time, laugh because I was MBing on a skillchian I just participated in yet made so little damage with, but cry because the BLM couldn't hit the MB to save his life.

[Theyaden]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

I was wondering if anyone could help me decide whether to be a DRK or a PLD. I'm leaning more towards DRK, for the ability to use some black magic, so I would b able to do magic bursts. But I really just want to know the strengths and weaknesses of both.

Drk for LP lyrics in your macros's j/k

Seriously though a darkknight is going to fall into the damage dealer heading.
This means you add to faster kills of the mobs and get to see the big #'s for your damage spikes which feel good.
Paladin your a tank which means your invite rate is going to be better since there tend to be shortages in both healers and tanks. you won't get the big damage #'s, but if you do well you'll be the whm's and blm's best friend since they can do their job with a more generious hateline.
do you like being the one holding the mobs attention (without having the pt mad) or do you prefer inflicting hurt on the mobs?

[Tatsuhara]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Crawlingggg in my skinnnn~!!
lol

[Taskmage]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Honestly though, last party I was in with my drk, the whm was MBing for more damage. ._. Just forget about that part and stick to slicing things.

[Tatsuhara]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Okay, I was thinking along RDM now that I have RDM at 16...

[Taskmage]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

No reason you have to choose what you want to be for the rest of your FFXI life. If you're happy with what you're playing, stick with it awhile. If you're getting bored, try something else and if you like that, play that instead.

[Tatsuhara]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

RDM is so much fun though, and I'm really enjoying it. But not so much now that I can't even play. >_>

[Susurrus]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

I never really understood why SE even bothered to give DRKs nukes. You get Thunder II 72. I recall when playing DRK that I hit for more damage than my highest nuke.

[LoneGamer]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

As has been said previously, Paladin is a tank and Dark Knight is a damage dealer with some utility spells. If you want to deal damage with both weapons and spells, then Blue Mage would be the way to go. Red Mage falls into a heavy support role as you advance to higher levels.

[Taskmage]

Re: PLD vs. DRK- Pros and cons

Well, there are lots of situations pre-Dispel where it's nice to be able to switch over to magic damage to finish off a fight after the crab or the beetle buffs itself up to the point where it's shrugging off melee. Drk was probably designed with that idea of damage versatility in mind and it just didn't pan out in practice.