DRK the least chunkiest or is it just me?

[shao32]

You only had AD at levels between 56-70 and quietus at lvl 64, which was essential for AD spam due to the MP regen. TBN was also a big part of DRK in that time, because it allowed to transfer MP used into blood that gave you quietus which generated more MP than you have used on TBN. To make things worse AD only healed you if you had dark arts activated, but it did not increased its damage, you had only enough MP to use it three times to heal yourself out, and using it that way without TBN and quietus was completely off.
For anything under 56 lvl drk was nearly unplayable, it had basically no AOE damage and the only aoe that it had was unleash with low potency and cost MP on top of it, Dark passage was useless up until late in the expansion.
You look at this job with rose painted glasses i guess, there was a reason why DRK was barely played by tanks, it had its own problems multiple times worse than DRK has today.

Before TBN DRK didn't need save MP so they could spend all his resources on AD, of course more limited before you get Quietus and TBN but his usage rate was way superior that current version and they self healing even on those levels infinitely better, DRK did have way better economy even at lower levels compared to now, it have blood price to recover a fair amount of MP under aoe situations on lower level until bloodweapon-quietus meta, the job was limited until TBN yes but is the same right now but slightly worse, leveling DRK is a pain until lvl 70 and that didn't change at all.
No aoe damage? DRK have the best aoe damage on basically every level tier, PLD was worse or we forgeth about flash? Unleash and dark passenger was more that enough for a lvl 50 tier compared to what WAR and PLD have at those levels.
DRK was barely played thanks to ppl parroting it was the worst tank by a mile (and that was true until 4.3) at max level and that stigma stay all the expansion thanks to SE take over a year buff the job with highly necessary buffs on the defensive and offensive department, DRK aoe rotation was the best feeling of the job and the best one between the tanks, the job was used on ultimate both times not BCS was strong but BCS it was fun.

more like it's ypu looking at past DRK with black painted glasses, you even recognize you never try to play DRK optimaly in the past so no offense but i think you over-exagerating his old state based on you own unoptimal experience just to prove now is better when in the reality it still have the same problem with little variance.