I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

[Icemage]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Of course, how often are all other things equal?

Not so often in XP levelling, but fairly often at end-game.

Kraken Club + Souleater + Galka DRK > everyone else.


Icemage

[Legal Fish]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

If you haven't even made your character yet, you shouldn't be so certain that you'll be a DRK.

[jinzuri]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

If you haven't even made your character yet, you shouldn't be so certain that you'll be a DRK.

Hey, well I want a job that utilizes the best Damage Dealing with Melee weapons. Dark Knight seems to fit my liking.

I'm still debating if I want to be a Hume or Elvaan...

[Murphie]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Not so often in XP levelling, but fairly often at end-game.

Kraken Club + Souleater + Galka DRK > everyone else.


Icemage

I'll grant you that in that particular instance, yes. But that wasn't really the point I was making. Then again, this thread is about DRK, so I suppose it should have been the point I was making.

OP: If you're going soley by numbers and what you're going to be like at 75 (which isn't going to be for a while), then go with Elvaan. As Icemage and others have pointed out, it's the better choice in that instance.

Otherwise, just go with which ever you prefer. You may find that you prefer Dragoon, or Samurai, or Warrior, or you may find that you actually like a job like Red Mage or Blue Mage, or Bard. You're going to be looking at your character for a long time. Pick one you like to look at.

[Legal Fish]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Hey, well I want a job that utilizes the best Damage Dealing with Melee weapons. Dark Knight seems to fit my liking.

I'm afraid things are not that simple, and it's not impossible for you go get up one day and think "Hmmm, now I want to be a healer".

[jinzuri]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

What is the damage dealing difference between a Hume and a Elvaan? (Dark Knight)

Is it a gradual difference? Can someone show me an expample with numbers? Thanks!

[Murphie]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

It's not as simple as all that. But an Elvaan DRK has a higher Strength, so two naked Dark Knights of each race holding the same weapon? The Elvaan is going to hit harder.

If that's your only requirement, then go Elvaan.

[Necropolis]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

I'll grant you that in that particular instance, yes. But that wasn't really the point I was making. Then again, this thread is about DRK, so I suppose it should have been the point I was making.

Doesn't have to a K club, 72 drk with octave is just as effective.

Though most darks I know that attend endgame events have a k club or access to one for the event. Other darks I know that don't have one that do endgame come to events on a different job.

[Murphie]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Doesn't have to a K club, 72 drk with octave is just as effective.

Though most darks I know that attend endgame events have a k club or access to one for the event. Other darks I know that don't have one that do endgame come to events on a different job.

Yes, but I wasn't talking about Dark Knight. Except I should have been, but I pointed it out. I already know this.

[Taskmage]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Is it a gradual difference? Can someone show me an expample with numbers? Thanks!

The damage equation is pretty complicated and it takes the stats of the mob you're fighting into account too, so it's pretty hard to just come up with some numbers. To really know, we'd need to find drks of the two different races with the exact same gear and get them to WS mobs of the same type and level a bunch of times and compare the averages.

I'm not an experienced DD, but going off of what I've picked up from other discussions, I'd say the 5 str difference between a level 75 hume and elvaan is probably going to translate into a two digit increase in WS damage. I'd be surprised if it was as much as 50. So as a hume let's say you'd do 1145 damage on a Cross Reaper whereas as an elvaan you might have done 1174. That's at high level. At lower levels the difference would be even smaller.

[jinzuri]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

I think I'll stick to elvaan. The thing is Elvaan's very high damage with melee weapons can make them advantageous towards the Dark Knight job.

Dark Knight is More Melee then magic, so elvaan's high atk will help them in this job.

[Murphie]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Well, you would certainly know better than those of us who have been playing the game for years. I hope you enjoy your choice.

[mmodiary]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Yeah I think depends on what you're trying to accomplish, if you just want to have fun, then any race for the job is fine, as long as you enjoy playing the job.

Elvaan, Galka will give you more STR if you want more STR/ATTK.

Mithra, Hume are decent and balanced in stats.

Tarus are decent also, but if you want to use your DRK for zerg fights and want maximum damage (Blood Weapon Souleater, with KC/low delay dagger/bahamut zaghnal or what not), you might have lower damage than other race of DRKs for these particular fights, depending on your equip/HP merits/food etc...but you'll still do good damage on these fights even without maxing out HP or haste, it just won't be as high as it could be. Only if you care, but not like zerging equip is that important since you will probably only get to use it every other week or months depending on your LS .

[LilithAngel]

Re: I'm new, what race do you recommend for Dark Knight?

Glad to see the Dark Knights keeping the art of Necromancy alive.