Quote Originally Posted by Shippuu View Post
We have to also take into consideration that DRK could have acted as a "gateway tank". Even if someone tried DRK and didn't like DRK specifically, it at least exposed them to tanking and some may have then gone on to try the other tanks and potentially taken them to level 60 as well.
I can agree with this, DRK having the benefits of starting at lvl 30 instead of lvl 1 definitely gives it the ability to let people dip their toe into tanking to find out if it is for them or not, without having to invest a lot of time into leveling and gearing for the dungeons.