(Don't) Fear The Reaper: A Dark Knight Guide

i know this isnt relevant to gearing your dark but its important to understand the roots of your dark, dark, knight.

You suck, mister dark knight.

Does anyone know if the endark job points category has any effect on endark 2?

I can't say for 100% but the PLD enlight JPs work with enlight 2 so I can't see it not working on endark 2 for DRK.

Thanks, Darvamos.

Hoping someone here doesen't mind helping a returning DRK get geared up for 119+ content. This is what I've got so far after a couple weeks back:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/335689
ItemSet 335689

The Moonshade is regain(lame yea I know, gonna switch it out for either TP bonus or Refresh soon as I get the Plasm earrings with DA+7% for set) Also have Aetosaur trousers in case that might help with an x-hit build. I completely forgot how to calculate that and have no clue where I stand now with Senbaak Nagan. Could get Heathen's legs now as well, might go ahead and do it if the STP isn't necessary from Aetosaur, just was thinking to hold out on pages for gearing COR RDM and SMN as well.


Hoping I can somehow get into the first tiers of Delve runs and work my way up through Adoulin content, but it seems noone does those anymore. Would love some tips on what to aim for as I'm moving on up if I can get into some of that content though. Like I said I know bout that earring set, also I know that Acro gear is desirable, but doubt I can go straight for that right now. Think there's a good plasm neck I saw with DA on it as well. I thought it wouldn't be too hard to get geared back up properly thanks to sparks gear and reforged AF, but I joined a PUG for the Unity NM in cape terrigan, and it was a whiff fest even with sushi. Please assist doodz.

What you got is good enough to kill flies in skirmish 2 (yorcia). I'd aim for the acro set to start with, its easy to get and you can Augment it around whatever weapon your using. Just Google ffxi store tp calculater to figure out what you'll need on your acro augments.

Any advice for a returning DRK? This is my current gear:

http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/323028

117 baylid armors but why bother playing the job when u cant even spend the time to get bayld gears.

Bayld or sparks gear are both good starts that you can easily do solo with trusts. That is your best bet for now. You are at 21% gear haste. You want to be at 25% for two handed weapons. Starting your own shout groups for Wanted Unitys, Alluvion Skirmish, Delve, ascha-zitah nms, will make it easier to get into stuff as an undergeared drk. You also want to get your apoc to ilvl119. Get a Macbain from Alluvion skirmish. Get a full set of Acro armor,except legs, the legs will be yorium. Acro and yorium are two sets of armor that drop from Alluvion Skirmish Yorcia Weald. If you are not sure what some of the stuff I mentioned, either google search it or go to bg-wiki. Good luck and have fun.

Are there any drk equip pieces that require the rem chapters 6-10 that are actually worth while getting? - Since im not on much atm i havnt rly kept up with that but im not sure what to do with my log in points for the first time. One of the options i was thinking was for the higher rem chaps. But at 2k a piece i didnt want to wait em on pieces i would never get or use anyway.

Rem's 6-10 are very easy to get. You just need to use merit points for the ki and either join or start your own group. If you want to use sparks to buy them, that is fine as well. Sparks are even easier to get. People cap out on sparks faster than they realize. If 2k sparks is a lot for you, you should try doing some merit point fights.

The drk reforged armor that is worth +1ing, that is going to depend on whether or not you use gearswap. If you do not use gearswap, it is still worth getting some of the gear that had +dark magic skill on them. If you create a macro with all your dark magic+ gear for endark. That would be the simplest way to increase your damage from endark. I would +1 the relic feet, relic hands, relic body, empy legs, empy hands, af head, hands, feet. How much of that you actually do it up to you. The relic feet are not that great, but they do lower the defense down from last resort by 10%, you just have to keep them on to have the effect. Having a dark magic+ set for when you use endark is probably going to help you out the most.

Someone who knows more about drk, will tell you everything you need to know.

Well the DRK empy head is pretty really good for TP if you use Scythes... If not... Acro.
Aside from that one and the random JA augment pieces... I can't think of any RF+1s that "should" be made.

Thats why i was thinking about using log in points. Since im not active atm and probably wont be until after i move. so i havnt rly done any of those merit ki fights. Only a very few times and only as a tag along charity case. Some of em my job was just to literally go stand in the corner and stay away while a friend solo'ed the fight lol. but since he didnt need them, he let me come and get em.


oh i want to use a scythe sooooo bad. Always loved scythes. They rly rly need to make it on the same level as GS so i can start using scythe again!!

Just get a lib, keep that am3 up an your dark will keep up, thing is a beast.

Don't use login points for rem chapters or an expertise ring. Rem chapters 1-5 and 6-10 are both very easy to get. You just start a shout group and the people will come. You might have to be patient at first, but it will happen. The expertise ring increases exp gain, and exp gain is already way too easy to get. Buy an Emperor ring and get that fancy new exp+ ring and the cp+ ring, from that moogle.

Because I already built a relic scythe and I am already wearing bayld gear?

And thanks guys for the help; My apoc is already i119 and I am looking into the Acro gear

Side note: Any advice on soloing JPt?

If you have to solo, make sure you have a cp%+ cape, a capacity ring and that cp+ ring from the most recent event moogle. It also helps to have four trusts out at the same time. Trusts are not the best, but this event makes it easier for them to survive certain things. I hope by the end of RoV, it will make our trust AI a little better.

How do you get a CP+ % cape? Never heard of it before ><; just rejoined

sites say theyre 15k?

They are 15k per page, I made a mistake, you also need 8 pages per reforge+1.

i was kinda hoping you were right. 2k*8 would have been a lot better then 15k*8

I must be blind, that link you provided show spark gears not bayld.

Mythic!DRK is dumb as hell now.
LSmate just got one... And... He with his "meh" level of gearing outshines a GS!DRK who is rather very well geared. (Ragnarok too, though I don't think that's what it used to be.)

And consume mana's sideways synergy with scythes (entropy) really makes scythe not as big of a shitfest as it used to be... Mostly.

And Apoc+Entropy+Consume Mana = immortal forever.

Yup lib is pretty sexy beast for sure, but rag is also trash and has been for a long time.

So wait is lib now the best weapon for DRK?

Lib has been for awhile, it just require a whole helluva lot more work then the other options.

I've played around with consume mana, it really sucks hard. It basically drains your entire MP pool to add that amount of damage to your next swing. Sucked down 800+ MP and just made a single big hit. For WS's it did the same, just added it to the first swing after everything else. Entropy is still a pretty sh!t WS, with Lib you'd want to use Insurgency. I'm hoping SE updates CM to be more like SE but at a better then 1:1 ratio, maybe like 1:2 or 1:4.

After Lib it's between Macbain and Rag depending on target content with a max augmented Macbain winning most of the time and Rag being relegated to things over iLevel 130 where you won't be near attack cap and your going to need metric sh!t tons of accuracy.

I haven't looked in a while. What kind of gap are you showing between Liberator and max Macbain? I'm wondering if it's worth making Lib for my alt, who already has a max Macbain, or doing Apoc as a toy.

I'm genuinely curious what uses you speak of. Sitting on an 85 redemption and kinda reluctant to bother with getting it to 90 to unlock Quietus since I figured it wouldn't see much use.

Has anyone got updated DRK sets with the new equipment from Escha and Sinister Reign? I've been adding some gear from Sinister Reign to my sets as some are amazing (tons of accuracy, or damage taken-), and I was wondering if anyone's come across stand out pieces which any career DRK should be looking to get ASAP. It's difficult to know with so little information, especially when it boils down to Dark Knight.

Just an example of some equipment I am using from Sinister Reign.

Founder's Greaves (drops from August) - So many crazy stats, like Terror Resistance and Killer Effects, and MAB+20 with my augments which further it to MAB +33, but the real winner here is the ACC+20 and my augment of +14 accuracy. A stonking 34 accuracy on the feet alone.

Amms Greaves - Nice Torcleaver piece, as I have VIT+21 + the augment of VIT +10. Also amazing for dread spikes, as it has HP+75 + my augment of HP+45. Finally, the most amazing stat is Damage Taken -3 + the augment I have of Damage Taken -1, rendering Cizin feet completely useless.

Jumalik Helm - More of a PLD piece, but still works for DRK. Again, a crazy amount of MAB which DRK can't use very well. My augments suck pretty bad on this, but the PDT-5 is better than my Ighwa Cap which I was previously using. Also using it for Torcleaver at the moment, as it has VIT+38 on the base stats alone, which is miles ahead of anything else I have.

Also wondering if DRK can be used for any of the newer NM in Escha. I was asked to come DRK for the "Book" NM in sky, and I was actually useful (did over 60% of overall damage). Any other NM which make good use of heavy damage dealers?