What are realistic DRK changes for savage?

[Veranolth]

Never said specifically that DRK is fine because it was brought in for world first, only mentioned that it was brought in because it does just as fine as any other tanks in raids. If DRK is only weak in dungeons (and it's not that much weaker than the other tanks), then yeah I think being hyperbolic is not necessary.

Again, does DRK have issues? Yes, but it's not as bad as some people make it to be. Not sure why people are so hung up on this. I play DRK and do just fine, haven't done enough 90 dungeons on GNB yet, and my WAR is 88 and I plan to do more 90 dungeons on both so I can make a better comparison between the 4 tanks. I leveled PLD for the MSQ and did my Expert roulettes and EX trials with PLD at first until my DRK was 90, and have been playing that since. Just at 88 WAR feels way too strong with Bloodwhetting, I'm still surprised that didn't get nerfed when I was highly expecting nerfs to BW.

The thing is that HoC and Aurora are targetable like TBN and Oblation, and Bloodwhetting and Holy Sheltron have a co-tank version in Nascent and Intervention so everyone else can co-tank as effectively as DRK. That's fine, there has to be an amount parity for it to be balanced, but what does DRK bring? WAR has a tiny cooldown on their invuln to cheese through more tank swaps. PLD has a casting phase so you can keep attacking through a mechanic without risking a vuln stack/ damage down. GNB brings literally 99% of DRKs damage while being generally more fun to push buttons on. The best case I can make for DRK is in fights with magic autos like Asphodelos 3, they need a bit less healing.

And TBN is an absorb shield which other tanks do not have, and allows for more cheese. And the toolkits for tanks didn't change much from ShB aside from PLD gaining Holy Sheltron, WAR gaining Bloodwhetting, and GNB gaining HoC. DRK does have Dark Missionary and yes I'm well aware GNB has a similar CD. DRK being the anti-magic tank is fine to me, I'd argue that they could emphasis on that more to make it distinct from the other 3 tanks.

Other edit: I'm going to be doing Savage starting next weekend so I will actually be able to comment more on Savage, especially since this is what the thread actually is about.