Originally Posted by
Siiri
None of the drk abilities listed have any bearing on a group event, so if SE lets them fall too far behind they will not be invited to a group event. I guess maybe stun, but usually you have Blue mages stunning these days, and stun rotation was always part of a black mage task in a group event. So while your argument sounds good I guess, in reality if war is averaging 3k on Ukko's and DRK is averagin 1.5k on Quietus you not bringing a DRK ever except for procs. Especially since WAR has better xhit options and can cap haste easier without losing acc like DRKS, in addition to more offensive oriented job abilities and traits.
Every time a DRK casts they lose a swing and fall further behind on parse. That being said, DRKs have asked for drk celerity, casting times to be reduced, worthwhile spells, if we ever got them maybe that big a gap would be justified. Just another failure of "balance" though by SE. Took the easy way out and nerfed Ukkos. Even in a duo most white mages would say just give me the war full out with retaliation, kill it a lot quicker than a DRK or DRG messing around with drains or jumps anway.