Quote Originally Posted by TouchandFeel View Post
I wholeheartedly agree. I just feel that it is best to try to avoid to fall into the trap of regarding all people's voiced opinions in the same light just because so many people tend towards parroting hyperbole.

While I may not always agree with Syzzle on things and I know that at times they can be a bit brusque, I also understand where they are coming from. Syzzle, myself and a number of other posters here in the DRK threads have in the past taken the stance of presenting things clearly, trying to present thoughtful dissections of abilities and how they affect balance and all those things that you say people should be doing, only to be met with being ignored or "shouted down" by others (often players who mained other tank jobs) who weaponized hyperbole to drown out the "opposition". Some of us have gotten sick of it, especially when we see others using this same hyperbolic approach to get heard by the devs, and have decided to "crank up the volume" so to speak.

Believe me, most of us would much prefer to have nuanced and thoughtful discussions on these topics, we have just found them to be ineffective to get any traction.
Of course. I'm accustomed to being annoyed by the hyperbole parrots in forums asking for a pony (the wars did it too recently) and come out strong assuming that people are more likely to be that than reasonable. Just as many come prepared to fend of the 'other' tanks trying to shout you down. Then we end up yelling at each other when with clearer eyes we'd be fwends!

I like the discussion though. I think I have been underestimating fluff AA damage a bit. I play war in raids since 2.0, and Drk on the side, but I don't generally raid with it. From a tank buster/big damage perspective I have thought drk was relatively fine overall (only minor discrepancy, especially when out of tank stance), but probably overlooked the fluff as its always just dismissed as just that. Fluff. And while I know Drks mechanics, math etc and know the raids via war, I have probably been overlooking the fluff aspects. But thanks to the handful of reasonable people I have been reconsidering that position.