What is the General Consensus?

[TouchandFeel]

TouchandFeel Response was: Drk is significantly farther behind because of multiplying effects of each of those 3 deficiencies when combined.

Um ... my response was that it was more behind than what you were implying with the way you were presenting the information.
While the importance and weight value of damage potential versus other facets of a job can be debated, the value of those other aspects can not be conveniently ignored even if individually they are lesser.

Significantly implies a level of severity that I never leveled with my response, so please don't put words in my mouth. I am more than capable of speaking for myself.

I think that a problem with what you are saying is that you are calling out the opinions that DRK players are presenting as being overly "loud", over the top and hyperbolic, however by painting with such a broad stroke as well as being arguably hyperbolic in your portrayal of opinions being presented and what is being said, you are yourself enacting that which you are decrying.

There is no doubt that some people exaggerate about DRK, both with how bad it currently is as well as how perfectly fine it is. There are also a good number of people that are quite rational and measured when discussing DRK (as well as the other tanks) and tend to openly disagree with both extreme sides of the argument.

Perhaps people should slow down a bit on trying to "win" and be "right", take a step back and have a good look at what they are saying, how they are saying it and perhaps most importantly, why they are saying what they are saying in the way they are saying it while treating themselves with the same level of scrutiny they are giving to others.