Perma shelved my DRK: No role, no idenity, no lore, no worthwhile skills, no fun

[Absimiliard]

Making all of them close to breaindead is, IMO, a bad move because your hardcore players don't have a class that fit their need anymore.
It's the same move as replacing Savage by a few more expert dungeons.

Agreed. And luckily for us, the only tanks that are really brain dead right now are DRK and WAR. They should all be readily accessible, but DRK right now is uh... special.