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

[Ekimmak]

If you squint and look really hard, you could consider Darkside vs TBN to be the original Dark Knight gimmick of burning HP for power. Since each Darkness attack you use is MP that isn't used for your shield, it's trading defence for power. But, if the shield breaks, you get a free dark attack, so effective use of the shield doesn't curb your DPS at all, rewarding good gameplay.

Personally, I don't think DRK and WAR are that similar, and people are just using the old argument of "it's too warrior-like, stop making us discount warrior" without really thinking about it. Are they similar? Yeah, but so is GNB and PLD. Are they different enough that they still feel fun to play? Yeah, I'd say so.