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

[Ditto]

well, that's good for you if you think so.

in my experience drk tends to be played extremely well below its potential. when you look at the guys out there who are at the top you can see exactly just what drk is capable of.

Out of all the tanks, War has the highest kill potential, and higher survivability than Drk.

Smart Paladins and Drk's can be equal, while Drk's are just squishier.

The only time a Drk shines is when you have MP, which is gone after a single frontload burst. Don't get me wrong I love Drk, and have been PvP'ing religiously for the past 2 weeks as it. I have 300 matches played as Drk from the past 2 weeks and couple days alone. I destroy people all the time.

Most of the time those are free roamers though who are usually softer classes like Summoners or Bards, which if you can constantly harass them, they wont be able to do much until they die. And if Drk is good at anything, it's harassing. Problem is even that becomes weak once you're out of MP. Most kills are out of striking fear into people with your frontload burst that they try to get away. Then it's just a free kill because they're weekend, and already have their back to you trying to run. But just as the other tanks, they're just DPS with good mitigation and without the instakill DPS LB.

Excluding Warriors a little though, who have incredibly high damage, ridiculous burst potential, and high sustainability through their self heals and mitigation. That mitigation of which often adds to their offense. Compare your burst as a Drk to the burst of other classes, and it's nothing in comparison. Especially next to tripple Fell Cleaves, and Deathflares. Compare it only to the other tanks alone; they lack the mitigation a Pld has, and they lack the offense a Warrior has.

War > Pld =? Drk

Drk's are just all around average. Like any job, they can be good in the hands of a good player, but it's best not to confuse the lack of skill in your opponent, or even the presence of skill in yourself, for the job being incredibly strong. All jobs are incredibly strong in that case.