Which DRK was the best

[Derio]

I guessing those who voted for SB never had the chance to play HW DRK.

[Jandor]

I guessing those who voted for SB never had the chance to play HW DRK.

I did, still prefer SB DRK.

[Renato]

I guessing those who voted for SB never had the chance to play HW DRK.

False. I literally began playing FFXIV again because DRK was released in 3.0 as it's my favorite class and I stuck with it even though I thought it was kind of clunky at times. I preferred SB's version more but there were times I wished certain things from HW remained.

What is the point of arguing which of the two was better between HW and SB? They both had their flaws and perks and the devs should've looked to both while making the SHB iteration rather than scrapping them altogether. What were the fun parts of HW, why were they removed and how could they be reworked to fit with how the game's changed? Which SB additions were good and what was too simplified? Most importantly, how can all these things be made to work with each other to create a cohesive whole?
You might have a preference, but you gotta admit neither was perfect, no job is.

Bickering about how "you only prefer SB because you didn't play HW" or "people look at HW with rose tinted glasses" doesn't actually help anything, it just makes DRK players look like whiny children who don't know what we want. Try to be constructive instead of fighting over which was better so we can have a set direction to push for, rather than getting stuck with the 5.0 mess.

I totally agree with everything said here. Although, I'm actually excited about 5.0 DRK and I feel like everyone should chill until they actually get to play with it. Yoshi even stated in one of the live letters that people are already saying certain jobs suck or will fail and they haven't even used them yet. It's like people are saying, "IT'S NOT WHAT WE ASKED FOR, IT SUCKS" without even giving it a chance.