What if we designed other Tank's abilities like they were made for WAR?

[Oizen]

Or are you honestly of the opinion that a transient place as top aDPS was worth turning DRK into a WAR-clone?

DRK had already been considered a war-clone for 2 expansions by the time that happened.
The thing that changed was the emphasis on the 2m meta, and it just so happens that designing the entire game like that overly rewarded DRK's high number of oGCDs, I really don't think anything done here has been intentional.

I mean if we're going to say that a job is not fun and be dismissive about it in a balance disccusion at that, then yeah, i'm going to make a point out of it.
But no, i'm not advocating that Drk should become more like War. I want balance, but Warrior is currently better at everything.
Dark knight as of now is just Warrior but with extra steps and is strictly worse at everything. Our damage is lower, our sustain is lower, our utility is weaker and even our invuln is worse.
It's not like with the healers where some have different abilities that provide things others can not provide.

Like scholar having access to a party wide sprint, a raid buff or a fairy that will heal you even when you're cc'd. Or Ast with it's neat buffs and sage with it's instant casts and personal mobility.

Tanks as they are now are so painfully similar that there isn't really reason for Dark knight to exist. It's sustain is lacking compared to the rest, it's damage is no longer ahead, it's party wide is tied for the worst with Gnb, and it has no unique utility to make up for that gap. So i am advocating for changes in either way, really. I'd prefer Warrior nerfs if anything because it should be taxed for it's kit like paladin still is, or it should lose the bells and whistles so that it's damage is warranted.

It is increasingly strange to me that a PLD/DRK/GNB skill be written like:
-Reduce Damage by 20%
CD: 90

But a WAR skill will be written like:
-Reduce Damage by 20%
-Additional Effect: Cure Potency 600
-Additional Effect: Gradually Restores HP
-Cure potency: 200
-Duration: 15s
CD: 90