Reaper is going to have a lot of stuff that classic Final Fantasy Dark Knight fans will want. Aesthetic, DPS, bitching armor due to sharing DRG gear, Scythe reminiscent of XI(also a XI Scythe Preorder bonus when you upgrade to CE), a true Darkside mode instead of a buff. I see a lot of Dark Knights dropping DRK for RPR easily. Also Bloodbath role action giving you true Lifesteal missing on Dark Knight on every GCD.

I played DRK in HW and SB but ultimately dropped DRK at 72 at the beginning of SHB and going into Bozja took it to 75 while experimenting with each Tank. End of the day PLD/WAR feel the best. GNB is fun when you DPS burst but otherwise is meh.

And for me Reaper looks very engaging to me with 2 gauges to manage that work with each other instead of against each other. And is more evil looking then DRK is.

I'm so hype for Reaper I've already farmed out 72-80 gear for easy leveling transitions and a full Cryptlurkers set to launch me right into Endwalker at 80.

I really want DRK to be better but after 6 years I haven't seen anything but nerf after nerf over the years. I pretty much dropped it in SHB but It'll be permanently shelved in Ednwalker onward. Pretty sad since DRK is what got me to try FF XIV at HW launch. That and GILGAMESH my fav FF character.