Actually it's interesting you say Drk is Str, since Drk is my second main at 60. I used Str until I got into Alex runs with it and found that the class has a lesser survival chance then Pal and War.
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this class sounds pretty sweet but please get rid of the utility nonsense. Ninja has Goad, both brd and mch has tp and mp utility and because of this it really hurts their over all dps. Sure their openers are awesome but once the smoke clears it really starts to get boring fast except for Nin (gotta love those mudras). We don't really need more utility classes instead we need a heavy hitting spellblade class that simply reaps havoc on the battle field. I want to see thunderstorms and huge fire balls being slung from the blade not tp/mp water puddles.
But seriously though SpellBlade sounds freaken epic.. I would switch to that in a heart beat even if it has utility :)