Quote Originally Posted by Cabalabob View Post
And I'd say it is fair to look at the cooldown individually when it comes to comparing it to other cooldowns, if raging strikes was 80 seconds like blood for blood without the increased damage taken, you know other damage dealers would raise an eyebrow.
Raging Strikes is 3 whole minutes for BLM, which is their only major offensive CD aside from Ley Lines. Yet, no one is raising the alarm because they are looking at the classes as a whole and how they are functioning. DRK is functioning well.

Quote Originally Posted by aerolol View Post
DRK already have -20% damage taken from Grit stance (same as PLD with Shield Oath)
WAR dont have any kind of reduced damage taken while on Defiance..
Defiance adds the same effective HP as Grit and Shield Oath, in addition to being oGCD while the others are GCD. So, percentage wise, taking the same hit unmitigated is going to look the same on a PLD as a DRK as a WAR, if they are all in respective tank stances.