Getting refused to EX groups as a DRK

[Giantbane]

That's not how that works... at all. First of all, the damage multipliers of Darkside and Grit are multiplicative, not additive. That means that a DRK under Grit/Darkside is operating with 92% damage output, not 95%. Additionally, if you're going to make inclusions of Darkside for DRK's damage, you have to include Maim's modifier for WAR. Both should be up at all times anyway. That means that DRK operates at 92% output, and War operates at 90% output. Not a huge difference, until you factor in abilities like Berserk (+50% attack power), Unchained (+33% damage output) and Storm's Eye (-10% target slashing defense), which cause WAR's output to soar, far higher than anything DRK's oGCD attacks can even hope to match.

Ehhh, DRK's have a LOT of powerful oGCD abilities compared to the WAR's comparitively weak brutal swing. DRK's average potency for their GCD attacks is also higher than what the WAR has. That stuff adds up fast. Probably going to have to wait for someone to math the whole thing out and get a lot of parses to verify before we have a clear winner between the two. Sure the WAR's damage is going to skyrocket for 20s every 2min, but the DRK is the clear winner for the other 100s. So there's a good chance the DRK will end up on top in terms of damage done while MT. Although I'm almost positive they're both better than the PLD in terms of MT damage.