Is anyone surprised at this point?

[ForteNightshade]

Yeah, and? I hate paladin so does that mean the the class is broken, unplayable and needs to be reworked? I dont think its too much to demand job reworks or changes, I think the issue is with so many varying opinions on said job, what kind of position would that leave you in as a developer? And people are burned out because content has rolled out slow this past year and I've already noticed longer queue times since 5.5 launch meaning people came for story 1 run of new content and bounced.

Except Paladin hasn't undergone any substantial redesign whereas Dark Knight has. It's similar to the complaints of numerous Bard mains who feel the jobs whole identity was ripped out in favor of giving said identity to Dancer, leaving them an Archer with songs. There's a reason after four years, HW Dark Knight remains the most praised iteration of the job. And that should stand out to the dev team on where to build their foundation from. They likely aren't going to nail every complaint but it's a far better starting point returning to what worked than continuing their attempt to force a new design every expansion.

General burnout from the game isn't relevant in this argument, and ignores these complaints started within the first month of Shadowbringers. People didn't wake up come 5.5 and suddenly decide Dark Knight needs a second overhaul. The lack of new content doesn't change people's opinion on job design. Hence why I cited myself as someone who is still actively playing, isn't burnt out and has never enjoyed Dark Knight at any point this expansion. I'm far from the only one evident by the sheer number of complaints we've seen.