Trying to understand the complaints about DRK

[InfiniDragon]

I know a lot of folks are on the fence about TBN, but it's the skill I feel the most sets DRK apart and I'd absolutely hate to see it get heavily changed/gutted into a generic shield or a Shake it Off clone.

I hope the inevitable rework in 5.0 leaves that skill alone, myself.

[Jhett_Magnum]

Pretty sure there was an interview where yoshi says DRK is fine and not being looked at. Time to adapt.

[dragonkyn20]

Pretty sure there was an interview where yoshi says DRK is fine and not being looked at. Time to adapt.

You would be wrong. Before 4.3 dropped, Yoshi said that it would take 6 months to redesign how DRK plays, so that would assume something else is on the way but not anytime soon.

[Voss_Sutpen]

As a WAR main who just leveled DRK from 60 to 70 (as in, hit 70 last night), I enjoyed reading this thread and the different takes everyone has on the current state of DRK. I'm much more of an "intuitive" than a "technical" thinker, so I appreciate the number-crunching of those who lean toward the latter; it's helped me grow tremendously as a player the last couple months.

I know this thread has been going on for a few weeks, and I'm not wading in now with anything particularly substantial, but wanted to add that I had an absolute blast leveling to 70. The gameplay is much different than the build-and-burst style of WAR and feels super speedy on controller with lots of buttons to press--seems to generally have shorter CDs than WAR's off-global moves--but still feels comfortably tanky to me.

Not intending to suggest anyone's opinion is wrong, just thought I'd share my perspective as someone relatively new to SB DRK that I'm really enjoying the play style right now and can't really imagine what I'd change about it. That said, my views could always evolve once I attempt savage raids with DRK.

[Kabooa]

I mean, you're still way ahead of me there. All I got is data reading. Practice is another matter.

Much of my concern with Dark Knight has primarily been inequity (which has largely been addressed) and style (Which is opinion). On the side of equity, Dark Knight's in a pretty good position with the recent changes, even if some of it, like Soul Survivor, feels uninspired. As far as baseline defensive kits go, the weaknesses were shored up and the specialties were emphasized. It is standing shoulder to shoulder now, with little room to debate on an efficiency front.

It's fine if Bloodspiller, Fellcelave, and Holy Spirit occupy different rungs. They emphasize different approaches to the tanks, and what we really need is more tank and healer diversity right now, rather than the core kit of each being exactly the same, palette swapped actions.

[Azerhan]

Did someone has the last stats for the game ?
I've seen one recently and I'm pretty sure there is less DRK than during HW.

I could be wrong however, I've just take a quick look.