Quote Originally Posted by Alaeacus View Post
I have ALWAYS fared far better in these situations as a PLD than I have as a DRK, which is what I was conveying with my post. PLD dps is high among tanks, PLD MP gain is great single-target, Clemency heals for huge chunks of life each time. I have outlasted the last 10% of ShB leveling bosses solo. I do not see it happening with DRK. That's just my opinion. People can say "Git Gud" to me all day but honestly, there is nothing about DRK that incentivizes me to Git Gud with it. It's a class filled with busy-work and is only "on-par" with three other classes who don't have the aforementioned busy-work. There is no reward for the extra work DRK requires with all its resource gauge-watching.

Also, I'm struggling to understand what is funny about the sentence you quoted of mine. If you actually think I'm the only person in thousands of players that has this opinion of DRK, you obviously aren't a fan of statistical probability. Do you think you're a unique flower and nobody in the world has ever felt or had the same thoughts as you? The likelihood that I am the only person who feels this way is incredibly low.
Your opinion is incorrect, as you can (and I have) solo finished Grand Cosmos and Twinning's last boss on DRK at similar HP percentages.

It's more difficult to do than a PLD as it requires predictive use of TBN and CDs based on knowing what is coming to stop damage rather than reactively healing it via Clemency, but it can be done.