I played it for the grand total of 10 minutes on a dummy at my home.
Plenty of time to set up the hotbars that I planed on ahead of time and test out this or that skill and have a first impression.

Well, my 1st impression is that this is another playstyle, totally different from what I was used to on SB. Is it fair to compare it to SB? Nah, not really. Its a completely different approach to the MP usage, if anything I will find myself running out of MP like I did back in HW for lack of attention (while I relearn how to MP).

While one iteration was an MP spammer, this one favors more a smart play. When it comes to MP at least. True, Darkside will not really require me to even pay attention to the bar, I may even toss it somewhere I can't see it for I like a clean screen.

I will miss a bit the Dark Arts spam but oh well, different times. DA is now a counter, and I like counters.
What I WILL miss however will be the speed from Blood Weapon, I don't think I'll never live that off... can't be helped anymore I guess...

Abyssal Drain having become what it has become is just... not worth mentioning.
Salted Earth will be deleted next expansion, see what happened to Blood Price v:?


Then I tried DelIRium and so I haven't played DRK again. (Yet).