Datamined DRK changes from final build

[Praesul]

Taken from this reddit thread

TL/DR: Media tour was basically the final build.
Notable Changes from Media Tour:
Blood Price now grants 1 gauge immediately when hit and 4 over time, assuming this is to curb building lots of gauge on mob packs.
Syphon Strike restores more MP than normal while in Grit
Souleater self healing lowered from 100% to 10%
The Blackest Night: The shield must be destroyed completely to gain +50 gauge.
All Abilities:
Hard Slash: Unchanged
Spinning Slash: Unchanged
Power Slash: Unchanged
Syphon Strike: Dark Arts effect added. Combo: 250, DA: 240, Combo+DA: 390. Restores MP. MP Restoration increased while in Grit
Souleater: Combo: 280 (from 260), DA: 240, Combo+DA: 420 (from 400). Increases Blood Gauge by 10. Grit Bonus: Absorbs 10% of damage dealt as HP (Down from 50%, or down from 100% if Trait being removed is included.)
Scourge: Removed
Shadowskin: Removed
Low Blow: Removed
Unmend: Traited bonus is now baseline (30% chance of unleash costing no MP)
Unleash: 50 potency (from 100)
Blood Weapon: Traited bonus is now baseline. (New trait bonus) Now increases Blood Gauge by 3 whenever a physical attack lands.
Dark Side: Increase damage dealt by 20% (up from 15). Disables MP regeneration in combat. No longer costs MP to maintain. Refresh effects are still nullified.
Grit: Unchanged
Blood Price: (New trat bonus) Now increases blood gauge by 1 when struck, and an additional 4 over time.
Dark Passenger: Potency: 100 (from 150) Dark Arts potency 240 (from 250). Mined abilities did not include resource costs.
Dark Mind: Unchanged
Shadow Wall: Unchanged
Delirium: No longer a weaponskill. Restores MP. Increases blood weapon by 8 seconds and blood price by 16 seconds. Costs 50 gauge. Cooldowns were not listed in the mined abilities.
Living Dead: Unchanged
Abyssal Drain: Unchanged
Sole Survivor: PvP effect removed. (See: PvP revamp in other threads/videos)
Carve & Spit: Unchanged
Salted Earth: Unchanged
Plunge: Unchanged
Quietus: Attack for 160 to all nearby enemies. Dark Arts: 210. Costs 50 gauge.
Bloodspiller: Attack for 380. Dark Arts: 520. Grit: 475. Grit+Dark Arts: 650. Costs 50 gauge.
The Blackest Night: Shield yourself for 20% of your max hp, or an ally for 10% of your max hp. Duration: 5 seconds. Blood Gauge +50 if the barrier absorbs the full 20%(10%).
Traits:
Enhanced Vitalty: Lv 20 (from Lv 8) - Increases VIT by 8 (from 2)
Enhanced Shadow Skin: Removed
Enhanced Vitality II: Lv 40 (from Lv 16) - Increases VIT by 16 (from 4)
Clean Weapon: Baked into baseline, removed.
Enhanced Vitality III: Lv 60 (from Lv 24) - Increases VIT by 24 (from 6)
Hasty Reprisal: Removed
Enhanced Scourge: Removed
Low Blows: Removed
Enhanced Unmend: Baked into baseline, removed.
Enhanced Dark Dance: Removed
Soul Devourer: Removed
Blackblood: Lv 62 - Allows for Black Blood accumulation on certain actions
Enhanced Blackblood: Lv 66 - Allows for Black Blood accumulation with Blood Weapon and Blood Price

[Esp]

Reduced Souleater self-healing from (50%)100% to 10%?!

What?! Why?! Was taking Scourge and Reprisal not enough?

[BlackironTarkus]

There's a change missing, the Dark Passenger non-DA potency has been lowered to 100 from 150.

[Cabalabob]

Take away bloodbath and nerf the crap out of souleater... and yet living dead remains unchanged. Did a DRK player break up with the director?

[Esp]

There's a change missing, the Dark Passenger non-DA potency has been lowered to 100 from 150.

Hopefully the reason a cost can't be found on Dark Passenger is cause they removed the MP requirement. There would be little reason to spend MP on it otherwise.

[Esp]

Take away bloodbath and nerf the crap out of souleater... and yet living dead remains unchanged. Did a DRK player break up with the director?

I am starting to understand why we got so vague screen time on the abilities trailer...

[DerpyCubone]

Yea this is insane.

"oh its fine, the media build was like 3 months ago! No need to worry!" -_-

[Esp]

Yea this is insane.

"oh its fine, the media build was like 3 months ago! No need to worry!" -_-

So that means for 3 months and more no one knew how to play DRK, or even how it works...

[SyzzleSpark]

All I can say is "why?" We were never OP, the best that could be said is that we had good DPS and the content favored us. It utterly escapes me what it is about DRK that warranted such indiscriminate nerfs and removal of good (non-fluff) abilities.

[Unsung_Wanderer]

They are just trying to sell Paladin boost potions!