Quote Originally Posted by DRKoftheAzure View Post
I think I figured out why I like GNB, and the first two iterations of DRK; there is a lot of buttons to press to max out DPS(though for Heavensward DRK Dark Arts was need to max out both DPS and and tanking whereas Stormblood DRK was just DPS to max out).


Shadowbringers DRK doesn't have a lot of offensive based cooldowns which explains why it feels EXTREMELY SLOW. It's also probably why I don't like playing PLD or WAR...


And I play on controller using WXHB with most of my buttons set at when you get them by level(Basically muscle memory) and I also started using macros just for some of GNB skills, and I put stances on expanded XHB along with the macros(macros are for when I am offtanking or Gnashing Fang combo).
Yeah, if you are talking about all CD that add offensive advantages and not necessarily just damage then the 2 are almost equal.

GNB has 6 oGCD offensive skills:
No Mercy, Blasting Zone, Bow Shock, Bloodfest, Rough Divide, and Continuation

DRK has 7 oGCD offensive skills:
Abyssal Drain, Carve & Spit, Salted Earth, Bloodweapon, Plunge, Delirium, and the Edge/Flood of Shadows (counting these as 1 since you won't use them separately)

You can even match up the CDs to see the buttons/min are almost the same too. The differences are that you will hit Continuation 6 times a min on GNB but you'll hit Edge/Flood 4 times a min and Delirium every 1.5 min on DRK.