Dark Knight or Paladin?

[T.G. Oskar]

Oh my, Dark Knight vs. Paladin... I think both are equally good, what with the DK's ability of the darkwave (hit all!!!!...mmm, tasty), and the Pal's ability to cast White Magic (ok, so leaving him on Cure 2 was a bit lame, up to Cure 3 would be nice, but Esuna. ESUNA!!!! With the buncha of status effects-dealing monsters, having only Rosa and Remedies aren't enough), but, bottom-line, Cecil's only function is to deal lotsa damage and withstanding lotsa damage. Unfortunately, my perception of DK/Pal was disturbed by FFT, so I think both classes suck (Shame on you, programmers. I don't care the game's old, fix that stuff!!!) Ah, the possibilities...first Cecil kicking mucho a** with Night Sword, then Dark Wave, then repeat dose...then Cecil kicking mucho a** with status dealing Holy skills...oh yeah!!!! Guess the game's too old for me to give a concrete opinion, but I root for both.

[Sega Kid]

Well, the paladin is stronger, but is strength what matters most? No! It's skill that matters most! There is NOT one enemy in the game that is overly powerful, except the Mad Ogre, but that's it! And you don't even have to fight it. T.G....Why fix what isn't broken? The game is somewhat old, I agree with you there, but they don't CHANGE Classics....Not the storyline, but they change the names of The character classes, Like Fighter to Warrior, no big deal. You may say "Then why isn't Rydia a caller anymore?" I say "She still is, they just call them summoners now" Minor things have been changed...Oh, one more thing, If you don't like the game, THEN GO PLAY ANOTHER ONE!


How can you be too old for Final Fantasy? I can see Crystal Chronicles....

[Gorath Sodom]

Can't stand Cecil as a Paladin. Wtf? His special ability is cover? If his magic rating wasn't so crappy, I'd say the white magic is a nice touch, but Rosa's magic rating is 3 times better.

[ToroMor]

A paladin? Gnnaaarrrrrr! Cecil is a black soul. He was only forced to the paladin crap by some greater powers. You don't see it? Come over here!!!!

I guess I'm in the minority, but, ah, well, what the hell. I voted for Paladin Cecil. *dodges thrown tomatoes* Wait, wait, wait--I do have some case for that. First of all, I found the paladin more versatile. I played the SNES version first, and thus, DK only item and fight. I found the cover ablility actually quite useful, especially when my mages starting dying. He'd jump in, take some minimal damage (due to his defense), protect Rydia from dying and then Rydia would cast some awesome spell that wins the battle. And, as mentioned, Esuna came in handy especially in the summon caves, when Rosa wasn't quite enough. DK's dark wave was powerful, I'll grant you that, but it annoyed me that after a few shots he would be entirely depleted of energy and it would require several potions (potions that were rare at that time) or else he'd die in the next battle.

I also like the whole finding father story that transforms Cecil. It was a necessary change, to show his redemption and leadership and willingness to fight evil full force. While the dark knight was an entertaining persona, with an awesome look, becoming a paladin was like the first step in becoming a new person.

[Hiroshino]

I'm kind of late in this thread, but hopefully since there are few in the FFIV forum this won't be considered bad to reviving it.

The Dark Knight Class looks kick ass in the begining. If they could have made the game longer before Cecil realized his ways weren't the right ways to follow, they should of had him go on more missions and short quests as a Dark Knight. More selections of equipment and misc items to add to his collection of Dark Knight Equipment. He should have had abilities as a Dark Knight, not magic though, Sword Abilities, MORE abilities. And he should have mastered the Dark Sword. THEN, he could feel bad about it and turn to a Paladin.

If it were me I would have mastered the Dark Knight, and then since I'm not evil at heart I would turn Paladin/Holy Knight just to fight off the evil/darkness. Then master the Paladin/Holy Knight and become a regular Knight like in Final Fantasy 1. As much as the Paladin and Dark Knight look kickass, I like the plain Knight better. Then as a plain Knight I would find my strongest sword and master that. Yeah.

As for the vote. I voted for the third option. Either one.

[Brotherhood]

I liked Cecil way better as a Dark Knight. He looked more badass and had that awesome Dark attack. Also his swords were pretty cool.

As a Paladin his unique ability sucked, his White Magic was weak as he could only learn up to Cure 2 and he just didn't look as cool as he did as a Dark Knight. Ditch the ****ing robe, he would have been better if they just just turned his sword and armor holy and he had a Holy blast attack that replaced Dark.

[Emperor Adriano]

I like Dark Cecil more because he was awesome looking guy and as you all know paladins are too but DARK CECIL RULES!

Don't have a preferance...

...though it strikes me that if Cecil had stayed on that path he might have surpassed Golbez...

I'd say Dark Knight. I loved the few battles with the Deathbringer (?) which could kill with a single hit. If the Paladin could equip it, then I would definitely vote for it, especially with the white magic spells. Nevertheless, the Dark Knight's special attack is much more useful than the Paladin's wimpy "Cover" maneuver. Hence: Dark Knight.

I would most defently have to go with Paladin Cecil, i diddent like Dark all that much and even though he did look lame he still kicked major ass, when he was dark i never used Darkness all taht much anyways and his cover skill can be useful sometimes it has allowed me to end many though battles by saving rosa.. but i would most defently go with Paladin Cecil

[ZRO]

OMG, I found this before Jintatsu had a chance to say anything. XD

I'm a Paladin type of person, but only because I'm fond of Holy status for some reason. I personally love the DK as well, but I prefer the Paladin more overall. Though I find it odd how everyone considers the DK to be evil. Cecil never really was evil if ya think about it. I mean, the whole attack on Mysidia, he was following orders, and questioning them in the meantime. Mist he up and completely defies the King's wishes. So DK doesn't equal evil in my opinion, I'm just fond of the Paladin class for some reason. DK is always my second choice though.

Now if I could just find a way to permanently delete that damned tiara...and it's a cape, not a robe ya ninnies. Look at the shoulders, there's still armor there.

[Omega]

Originally Posted by Sega Kid

I don't give a shit how he looks. he works better this way, the dark attack, hits all enemies... If the Paladin had something like that, I'd side with that...
Before, I did only like the dark kinght for how he looked. Now I say, "Who gives a damn?" This is my point.

Thank you for admitting the truth of why EVERYONE likes Dark Knight Cecil. It's because of a fricken 16 bit sprite graphic. It's the same stupid shit with Sephiroth in FF VII, all you groups of fanboys are pathetic. It isn't about skill, so don't act like it is, it's simply because you think that lil sprite looks cool. Same with Sephiroth, everyone loves him because of the FMV's in that game, yet he was a total ***** when you fought him in the end, and Jenova was a blob of shit.

Seriously, the Paladin would grind the Dark Knight into the ground. What could the Dark Knight do against the Paladin?? Dark Wave?? ROFL...yeah right. So let's see, the Paladin with thousands of HP against the Dark Knight with mere hundreds.

The Paladin continually hits the Dark Knight with the Ragnarok or perhaps even the Legend Sword, whatever it doesn't matter. Continually thrashing him, if not killing him in one blow.

Then you have the Dark Knight attacking with "Dark Wave" doing very little damage to the Paladin, and even if it did, it's killing the Dark Knight at the same time.

Paladin wins, no question about it. I'll use the game itself of proof of my testimony.

I don't really care who people choose, but there is no way anyone is going to sit here and try to explain to me that the Dark Knight is actually stronger than the Paladin, because it's simply not true.

What's even more pathetic is that people like him not for Dark Wave or whatever else, it's just because they don't like the way the Paladin looks.

It's like arguing over whether Mario looks better as Fire Mario or Caped Mario. Who the hell cares, it's just sprite graphics!