So after playing more with gunbreaker to 68 and having just gotten heart of stone.... I'm finding myself still way too salty about this. A thought I had I'd like opinions on.

maybe an unfair comparison, but in terms of mini cooldowns i'll take a solid 15% cut to damage for a full seven seconds that can also double as a shield over the contradiction for paltry dps buffs. Minus the 1/3 of my total resource cost on top as the extra insult to me.

Hmmm I wonder if thats another difference that needs looking into, the fact GNB can pretty much bring it's full kit to bear whenever it wants without being hamstrung by insane mp costs that take far too long the recoup now for the gain you get? I mean the biggest attacks you have that would benifit from the increase either can't be used (flood) because of the cost. Or are limited to specific burst windows with warrior light cooldowns ahem, I mean Delirium. And your choice is get back MP with Q or or just take the free five hits for the joke of an mp gain with BS.

Could that be one other issue? The fact DRK's kit has been so cut there's nothing to really use while darkside is up? And it still feels to me like GNB puts out bigger numbers with more utility. I mean no mercy is double darkside's increase for a full 20 seconds. no cost. And is up 1/3 of the time anyway. But a darkside spender would need a solid 20-30 seconds of 123 combos and mp regen to get back the 3000 mp used. . . .

Of course this is also where unlike no mercy dark arts can be stored, but that takes again getting TBN to break, so we're back to the contradiction of choosing between either shield or overpowering damage without the sustain or the dps for it the way GNB can with it's 12-boom aoe + burst strike. Or the gnashing fang combo chain. and again you're either using it for dps, or you're using it to keep darkside up when needed... Provided you can egt TBN to even break in the window, which is an issue if you're overgeared to the point where even tank busters have issues.

Ugh maybe i'm just salty but it still feels like new DRK works too hard against itself to be effective.