Question for fellow DRK's who have played its new Shb iteration.

[Nedkel]

I've got good and bad news for you:

The bad is that Syphon Strike, Blood Weapon (Per GCD, mind you, not per hit or on oGCDs), Carve and Spit all give 600 MP - meaning that you definitely won't be able to use TBN whenever, all MP skills cost 3k MP, I bet you get where this is going. You're right to be worried, because DRK right now is downright boring to play, not to mention it plays like a worse WAR. Everyone is pretty annoyed with those changes, so you won't be alone in this. And to make a comparison with SB and HW - the ShB version is basicly taking SB DRK, taking away the fun parts about it, nerfing it, mixing it wit WAR 4.0 for good measures and here you go; ShB DRK. It has nothing in common with HW, unfortunately.

The good news; PLD and GNB are pretty fun. GNB especially.

No it does not play worse than war, no it was not nerfed and no not everyone is annoyed there are a ton of people in game who are currently playing drk.
No they did not mixed it with war 4.0, you are probably reffering to delirium, but its like saying all tanks have a dash so they are the same. If the fun part of drk was to spam a buff for 140 potency to prevent mp from hitting the max then its a really low fun standards.
The only thing that got a nerf is salted earth because drk is already overloaded with aoe dmg.

Drk is more effective and could land a better punch and burst dmg than ever before, almost like a dps. It is slower for a over minute fight, but still nowhere near the war slowness. Its faster than 4.0 PLD that is for sure.