Quote Originally Posted by Mekhana View Post
What hurts the most is that someone green-lighted everything. They saw what everyone else got and what DRK got and said "this is OK."

Yes, Stormblood DRK was horrible. Yes, Shadowbringers DRK was boring.

However, neither felt like they slapped a bandaid and cried out it's good.

This after years and years of feedback. Of not reworking Living Dead for 'lore reasons' or because they 'never noticed' complaints about Blood Weapon.
I started Playing during ShB so i can't comment on how SB DRK was, or how HW DRK was in comparison to ShB/EW.

But i for my part liked the ShB DRK. Yes it certainly had its up and downs, but for the most part i felt that due to the high damage, and TBN, that the class was enjoyable.

After finding keybindings that allowed me to comfortably weave i had no more issues with that either.

However i feel like Living Shadow as an ability was a missed opportunity.

I Thought i'd get a mirror image of me that uses the same skills as me (at lower potency), and works as a great overlap with your Burst window in which you "Unleash your Dark Self"

What we got is a glorified Pet that deals a bit of damage with some visual effects, and doesnt interact with you the player at all, which is really boring for the concept of "Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you." if you'd ask me.

If i wanted to have a Pet Fraybuncle that i can summon, i'd play SMN or SCH instead.

Also i dont get the Hate about blood weapon, I get Why it is Bad, and i'd rather have it read as "your next X gcd's restore mana" and maybe just removed and the extra mana added onto Delirium, but i dont think Blood Weapon is Horrible or completely Useless.