I never said DRK wasn't a solid DD - and yes the days of the DRK K.club zerg, and Apoc - they had their place.
As far as "balance" is concerened, I am saying that there are 2x types of jobs. Hybrids and Specialists.
Hybrids have more traits / abilities / flexibility. Can do many things but excel in none.
Specialists have a single purpose. Can only really do one thing well.
ie I will repeat.
DRK can stun, absorb, drain, aspir, low tier nukes, while being able to deal reasonable damage.
WAR can swing their weapon and hit stuff..
Ukko's and V.Smite is less broken then everyone seems to be making out. Only a few WAR's hit the really high numbers outside Abyssea. I was on RNG during a Kaggen run earlier today, we had 2x Ukons. I was on RNG with Gandiva and matched one of their dmg output in a parse on multiple kills. This is just one example.
Read the full thread before replying. Also not sure why your pulling the SAM card out. A well-geared Masa SAM was not far behind MNK at all pre-Shoha.