Question for fellow DRK's who have played its new Shb iteration.

[Reynhart]

Even in Heavensward, there really was just one dps combo. You never used Souleater without DA.

Sure, but you didn't always use Dark Arts at all, just to make sure you have enough mp to keep Darkside up, so Delirium was an alternative, on top of having a debuff worth keeping up.

I think this is always going to be an issue with jobs like DRK. People look at it from the outside, and say "this can't be that difficult."

I'm definitely not a top raider, but since you don't have to think of what combo to use, nor have anything to maintain during fights (since you can refill far more MP than Darkside will require before expiring, MP that are basically always spend to keep Darkside up) nor require any preparation prior to your spam-Bloodspiller phase, I'm pretty much convinced that DRK has become much easier than it ever was.

If your goal is to maximise the number of combos you have, PLD is probably more your jam.

Personally, I think no job should only rely on a single combo over and over, especially since PLD already had that issue in ARR. And DRK is the only tank who only has only one (single target) combo. It wouldn't have been very difficult to keep another one just to maitain a specific (unique) buff.