Quote Originally Posted by Claire_Pendragon View Post
Also the context of WARs being less popular than DRK was in reference to SB time frame, Not HW. Secondly, the number of peopel who play a job, vs those who upload parses arent the same numbers. SE were the ones who released these numbers in direct response to people complaining about DRK. Saying WAR was the least played, and DRk was the most played.
DRK was still used for ultimates world first clear, despite having a disadvantage. (and not in the way im suggesting there should be differences. it was at a disadvantage from just not being as good at max play)
As for HW I have no idea how popular WAR really was. I did see a lot of DRKs and WARs.
Citation needed because I do not recall SE releasing any information.

Regardless, when it comes to job balance, Savage and Ultimate are the only content that matters because nothing else remotely tests the jobs enough to be relevant. And in Savage, Warrior utterly dominated both expansions. Even in that UCoB WF, they dropped Paladin not Warrior despite Paladin being the best prog tank due to Clemency. That alone goes to show you the sheer dominance Warrior had over the meta scene. It should also be noted Dark Knight was never "bad" just inferior. So citing that group x killed Ultimate means nothing. That player was a good tank who happened to like Dark Knight not that Dark Knight was better. Objectively, it wasn't.

In Heavensward, Paladin warmed the bench since so many fights had magic based tank busters. Dark Knight was not only decent but got in by virtue of Dark Mind essentially being a free CD. And a powerful at that.

Remember HW DRK?
Yes. It was the best iteration of Dark Knight. Sadly, they keep insisting on "fixing" it. :c