Anyone else feel like DRK is a bit lacking in PvP?

[Vandril]

DRK is not a PVP friendly design. You'd do better with any other tank or melee DPS. Any impressive results you get you probably would have gotten even better rolling a different job.

I main NIN, and have since it was released. In Seal Rock so far, I've done almost as well in end-game score boards playing my DRK as I have while playing my NIN. Generally, on either Job, I tend to tie with another melee for top melee damage in my GC, outdamaging just about everything in some games if you ignore SMNs, and tend to at least break even on kills:deaths. I feel like the class is harder to play properly in PvP than NIN, sure, but I certainly don't feel like it's holding me back. And this is while I'm still trying to adapt to the ins and outs of DRK PvP.

I don't feel like the class is a letdown in PvP at all.

Also...

AOE PVP actions are not ideal

Our AoE PvP action as DRK are amazing. I don't get all the hate (not just what you said, but others who truly hate them). Both of them do fair damage, are on a fair CD (for PvP abilities), and have devastating additional effects. I'll bet you that if Tar Pit were instead a single-target weaponskill that did the same thing - applied Heavy, did 180 Potency in damage, healed for 40% of the damage it dealt - it would be being praised as one of the best PvP actions. The same applies to Carnal Chill.

Thing is, just because it's an AoE doesn't mean you need to only use it in AoE situations. I frequently use Tar Pit and Carnal Chill in 1v1 situations for their damage and effects, and they can turn the tide of a chase or a bad fight. The capability of those skills to hit other nearby targets aside from my main target? That's just a nice bonus on top of already great skills.