Quote Originally Posted by Awha View Post
I do agree, that is why in my other post I did mention DRK has not reached that point yet, but in my eyes while naive, until DRK hits that point trying to say DRK is far worse then 3.x PLD is pretty harsh.
But people aren't saying that DRK is worse in regards to current community outlook, they are saying they are worse in regards to overall current tank balance.

Those are two completely different things and just because the community hasn't meme-bombed DRK into oblivion, doesn't negate the data-backed arguments on current tank balance.

If your metric for what constitutes whether the state of a class is worse is based on community outlook, comparing the beginning of an expansion cycle against the end of an expansion cycle is still flawed. Negative outlook and "meme-itization" takes time.
The community outlook on the two jobs in the two expansions cannot be said to be better or worse at the moment, because we do not have proper full comparisons. The only direct comparisons that can be made is the state of PLD at the approx. 3.1-3.15 mark and DRK now at that same juncture in 4.X and as I stated they are very similar. You could even conclude based on what happened in 3.X to PLD and the current similarities to outlook in the expansion cycle, that if things stay the same in regards to tank balance then the trajectory of community opinion will be the same and DRK will end up in the same meme-worthy status as PLD was.