Why is DRK so squishy and how do I stop it?

[Februs]

so in this scenario... what you're saying is OP didn't use all of his cooldowns, when in fact he stated that he did... or there's a cooldown a pld would've used that he didn't have access to?

I don't understand this PLD use cooldown better sentiment.... how is the ability to utilize your resource something you generalize by class?

Um, no. That wasn't what I was saying at all.

I never said anything about Pld CD's being somehow "better." I also never made any comments about whether or not the Op used all their CD's. All I said was that there's a bigger difference between the two jobs than simply one has a shield. It's common for new Drk players to make the false assumption that they play identically to Pld's, and then they wonder why they feel squishier. Again, I'm not saying that's what the OP did. Based on their story, it sounds as though they were doing just fine and that their healer was pants on head stupid. I'm only pointing out that generalizing the two tanks in such a manner is inaccurate and misleading, especially at higher levels when Dark Arts becomes available.