Is it me, or is DRK really isn't that super great, nor super bad.

[Starkbeaumont]

no issue with darkside/dark arts at all for me. lowering DA's MP cost would make it almost spammable.

i still wish SE would heal for a bit more (like 1.5x damage) but i got used to it.

just a few minor changes so skills have a better synergy and a boost to delirium and IMO drk is fine.

[Rbstr]

Darkside is basically like Maim. Damage you get for free as long as you don't let it drop. It has the added benefit of enabling the use of Dark Arts and I basically like the way the mechanic works. So you manage MP under a constraint: you want to use as much mana as possible because its a bunch of damage or mitigation benefit but letting it fall all the way means losing a powerful 15% base damage benefit.
They are clearly not redundant. Darkside give you a blanket benefit and Dark Arts allows selective and situational large MP usage.
Perhaps there's an argument that you shouldn't need Darkside up to use Dark Arts? But 15% damage is something you always want anyway.

[Zorthos]

"instead of actually listening to what he has to say, I\\\\'m just going to tell him he doesn\\\\'t know how to play the class."

Who are you and why are you responding to me as if I was speaking with you? I just read your post. My response was based off the common general compliment I see on every page. The class is fine. Maybe tweak minor things here and there but the general concept of the class works. And you don\\\\'t know if I have a background in tanking or not to make a personal statement like that against me. Obviously some how my post offended you in some way,which I think is hilarious because I wasn\\\\'t even referring to you at all lol. I had no idea about you and your past till you responded lol. Anyway you have your opinion on the class I have mine, no issue there.