Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Ehh, opinion seems split pretty evenly on that skill, honestly. You won't lack for GNB players who think similarly.

I have GNB leveled and play it every so often, since Double Down has been very "meh" but hardly disastrous to me;
I just prefer Hypervelocity over Double Down. It feels more of an addon to the original rotation, the animation is nicer and it just feels more fun to use.


Honestly, it's pretty well fine now. If you're into its aesthetic any amount more than the others, its gameplay should be about as compelling as PLD's or GNB's (and likely a bit above WAR's), and it no longer lacks for an immunity CD. Its sustain still falls short, but that just means needing a healer for certain dungeon pulls even if party DPS is high; there are far worse fates -- like playing healer.
Aesthetic was the only reason I got it to 80 I'll be honest. Well... and I wanted to know WHY 90% of my DRKs were absolute trash to heal when I got them at the time (answer was they were poor tanks for the most part) so I decided to learn the kit myself. I don't like how DRK plays and I feel extremely uncomfortable with its rotation (which admittedly can be fixed with practice).

I've resigned myself to suffer as AST since it is the most fun class for me in the game. Even with everything I want changed on it.

I'll give DRK another go though.

....When you realize that your favorite classes aesthetic wise are all of butchered HW classes whose original game play is exactly what you'd love to play.