SE... please (an honest DRK).

[Commander_Justitia]

THe point is that Dark Knight is flat out worse than the other two tanks in every area.

Only if you cant make use of the differences the tank classes have.

I think giving warrior the current version of shake it off was a mistake, but other than that...

dps-wise tanks are close together.

mitigation-wise drk is in a special niche spot, what just many like to ignore and call it bad. It can be situational more useful than the other tanks.

In the end you will wonder for who are you balancing, for the casual raidgrp or the ultimate progression grp.
Pld and War maybe have an easier time being useful with no optimization, but it also depends on the team if it can make use of drk strengths and if you are at that point, the gap between the tanks is smaller than many would like to see it.

In the end you either end up having one most desirable/undesirable class or you change so much that they are almost the same anyway. I rather stick to first option because its more fun to play something different from time to time.

Your post parrots an anti-meta standpoint that at its core is detrimental to the discussion

It was a rhetorical question..I know its the internet but well