Boycotting Dark Knight

[ManuelBravo]

That is objectively false.
There is many topic about it, so I'll just make a summary about what is wrong with the DRK:
- Less Cds and worst cds rotation than the two others;
- Less dps than the two others;
- A very clunky gameplay which is literally braindead.

Even I, I was laughing about the PLD in HW because the gameplay was - for me again - too easy, now I cry about the DRK which is the same easy gameplay.

In fact, the DRK of SB is the PLD of HW...

I understand your perspective, so far keeping Dark arts and using abilities with it properly is what changes the way a DRK has become more effective and difficult. If more people knew how to use dark arts properly and learn how to keep their MP at an acceptable level constantly there might be less complains. Your right seems easy if you stick to the basic enmity rotations, mix in some Dark arts and proper use of blood gauge abilities and it's more complicated than people give it credit. It all depends on play style. I play all 3 Tank roles and by Far I enjoy DRK. I'm sorry if others may not accept the fact that there is more to DRK's than they think or even bother trying. Then again most people on this game think they know their jobs with out even understanding how everything works yet when placed into actual performance is very questionable.

[Azerhan]

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For my part, I was already playing DRK in HW, I've trained a lot with it to maximise both my dps and my defence, and I've done the same in SB - I've begun the Savage with it, since I'm a main Sam! And I was really near to the War of my little roster in dps. So, I believe I wasn't one of the """"bad"""" DRK players, even if people can think my ego is really big.
However, masterate the DRK is far easier than the WAR. PLD is just easy, but is the "goal" of the PLD, it's ever was.
But during HW, DRK was the hardest tank to masterate, and now, it's the WAR - and it's not really hard.
I've nothing against changement, except if this change makes a thing so different that we can't recognize it at the end. It's the issue with the SB DRK, most of the DRK's players can't recognize their own job in it. And that's why you can see so much topic about it in this forum, Reddit, and surely on Discord.
And outside the gameplay, you have the numbers too. As some people (and I) said before, the DRK is the worst dps between the three tank and the worst in Cds mitigation, and now, the worst in utilities.
So maybe some players prefer DRK as it. Ok, I prefer the new Brd far better than the old.
But as an old DRK player, I just give up with this job, that is no more the same as before, in all points.

[ManuelBravo]

But as an old DRK player, I just give up with this job, that is no more the same as before, in all points.

As long as you can enjoy the game, changes do make players change their perspective. All good.

[Azerhan]

As long as you can enjoy the game, changes do make players change their perspective. All good.

I'm not sure it's "all good". The numbers of DRK players still decreases since SB's launch... And now with the WAR's buff...