The lens through which we must view DRK when discussing its balance and problems.

[OPneedNerfs]

People like to think DRK isn't as good. What most don't realize is that as unreliable as it may be, Reprisal has it's place as the 2nd best debuff of all tanks.

People seem to forget that Reprisal STACKS with Warrior's debuff leading to a steady 10% and sometimes 20% reduction of ALL damage from a boss.

That includes AoEs whether they are avoidable or not. I don't know about you, but to me, that's pretty huge.

I'm going to put this out there: "DRK + WAR with DRK as MT will be the new meta for stable end-game raid farming"

Other combinations of tanks are highly focused on reducing damage taken only by the tank whereas I can see the combo of DRK + WAR having a permanent raid wide 10-20% mitigation from a boss's AoE.

[Launched]

People like to think DRK isn't as good. What most don't realize is that as unreliable as it may be, Reprisal has it's place as the 2nd best debuff of all tanks.

People seem to forget that Reprisal STACKS with Warrior's debuff leading to a steady 10% and sometimes 20% reduction of ALL damage from a boss.

That includes AoEs whether they are avoidable or not. I don't know about you, but to me, that's pretty huge.

I'm going to put this out there: "DRK + WAR with DRK as MT will be the new meta for stable end-game raid farming"

Other combinations of tanks are highly focused on reducing damage taken only by the tank whereas I can see the combo of DRK + WAR having a permanent raid wide 10-20% mitigation from a boss's AoE.

I really wouldn't want DRK anywhere near MT with its weak cooldowns. I'd much rather have a PLD somewhere for a 1.6k Divine Veil shield over a DRK MT for 10% reduction that isn't guaranteed.

[saber_alter]

I really wouldn't want DRK anywhere near MT with its weak cooldowns. I'd much rather have a PLD somewhere for a 1.6k Divine Veil shield over a DRK MT for 10% reduction that isn't guaranteed.

yeah, pld has all but earned it's place as "most stable tank ever. of all time."

DRK needs some re-balancing. the job is passable as it is now, but it's not on par with our axe and shield bearing equivalents.

[TheCount]

People like to think DRK isn't as good. What most don't realize is that as unreliable as it may be, Reprisal has it's place as the 2nd best debuff of all tanks.

People seem to forget that Reprisal STACKS with Warrior's debuff leading to a steady 10% and sometimes 20% reduction of ALL damage from a boss.

That includes AoEs whether they are avoidable or not. I don't know about you, but to me, that's pretty huge.

I'm going to put this out there: "DRK + WAR with DRK as MT will be the new meta for stable end-game raid farming"

Other combinations of tanks are highly focused on reducing damage taken only by the tank whereas I can see the combo of DRK + WAR having a permanent raid wide 10-20% mitigation from a boss's AoE.

That will make them quite useless indeed regarding that debuff if you happen to get two Dark Knights though, especially considering the offtank won't be able to get a proc if it's a single boss.