DRK is (sadly) one of those classes that is fun to play, cool to watch and has nice animations but poor (or none at all) synergy in parties. That's not typically an issue in pre end game content but you don't balance around pre end game. It reminds me of the MNK/SAM/caster classes. Nice on paper. Great dps (well even DRK is third in that regard for its role). No party utility though (or nowhere near the same level as its counterparts) so most groups aren't going to pick the classes up.

DRK is basically the red headed step child of the family so to speak. SE definitely needs to address the issue. When SB launched there was a big change to how synergy was provided by many classes. Sadly, some of them were left off the list and the already ever growing gap for those classes grew even larger.

I support the boycott.