What is the General Consensus?

[Rathael]

Of course they can all do the content, but you're making it marginally more difficult for yourself if you bring a DRK. You're forcing the rest of your party to play better and make fewer mistakes.

DRK's lack the utility of Paladin and are considerably far behind warrior DPS. You are denying your party a good 500-1000 DPS if you bring a DRK instead of a warrior, and denying yourself many powerful mechanic-ignoring effects if you bring DRK instead of a paladin.

A lot of the frustration with DRK comes from the fact that the other tanks do many of the things DRK does but just better versions. As a DRK player I feel that I am actually giving my team a disadvantage because my spot could have been taken by one of the other tanks. This is not a nice feeling and I do not want to feel that way.