Getting refused to EX groups as a DRK

[Ditto]

You don't think DRK MT/WAR OT for A4 Savage will be worthwhile? If A4 Normal is any indication, there's going to be a big magical tank buster involved.

War MT and Pld OT sounds better. If not, Pld MT and War OT while the Pld just muscles through it, as it's been from the start.

Right now, War has better magic mitigation than Drk does. Shorter CD on Vengeance, and 3x the Inner Beast usage of our Dark Mind usage. And then also Inner Beast behind every one of their other CD's, and simply whenever they feel like dumping Wrath and know they can get it back, which if I'm thinking correctly, would be 3 to 4 times or more inbetween A4's tank buster. Not to mention Equilibrium healing between each hit, or even just as a self recovery from the buster, which in itself can crit heal for 7k+.

As for why Pally as OT, they don't do terrible damage at all in SoO. They bring Clemency for an emergency heal if needed, and Divine Veil just works wonders on that fight simply due to the amount of raid damage going out, and the self inflicted damage from intercepting orbs and lasers. The only thing a Drk brings to that fight is Delirium. Which if you have a Monk, you don't need anyway. And with Path 100% uptime, you'll likely be able to get by fine without it.

This is all under the assumption that mechanics will be as they are now, which they probably wont be. But even still, as Drk is right now, they don't fit into any composition as a valued job beyond preference or people who just don't care what tanks they have in their group, such as friendly statics.

They tank off of the generosity, or the lack of care in others.