Are Dark Knights really that bad right now?

[Hierro]

I agree to all points about 3.0 to 4.0 DRK changes.

I want to add just one more thing:
The removal of Dark Dance and old Reprisal and changing them into role skills.

I can get behind the stun (proc) removal because they removed WAR stun, too.
But they didn't make up the damage (and fun) loss of reprisal.

Anticipation/Dark Dance was part of DRK mitigation tool kit. But since 4.0 we could barely equip it because we use to slot other (more important) abilities we had access to before, too.
That might change in 4.4, but it's not an unique ability anymore since both other tanks will be using it, too.

It just feels like having less "less" than the other two.

Dark Dance was a joke of a cooldown! What kind of mitigation has to be based on RNG, and even when activated, weak? You could never use it in raids. The only time it was mildly amusing was when it was paired with DADP during dungeons, but imagine having to sink in over half your mana bar for a pull. What were you going to do afterwards? Presumably, this option was only for the end of a pull, when BP wore off and you couldn't spam AD, so I don't see many options there.