Why is everyone anxious about a PLD Rework?

[ForteNightshade]

rDPS is a fine metric when comparing tanks against themselves: i.e. Warrior to Warrior; Dark Knight to Dark Knight. Where its accuracy falters is when you compare two different tanks against one another. aDPS shows what the actual damage tanks do when aligning their burst with raid buffs because they don't contribute anything themselves. Hence why we see such a wide discrepancy between Dark Knight and the other tanks, Gunbreaker not always withstanding.

Players are always going to be dissatisfied with the numbers. It doesn't matter if the difference is 50 dps or 500, players are affected psychologically by the knowledge that they're at a 'disadvantage', however slight.

If this where the case than Melee would be getting locked out the same way Warrior and Paladin do. They don't. While there are certainly preferences, and an established meta. No one really cares outside of a small portion. Meanwhile, Dark Knight is ridiculously strong right now speed groups are bringing two of them.

The issue isn't just damage but the utility you mention isn't being made to feel good. Warrior has a fantastic defensive suite but Dark Knight still has a better one. In fact, the only thing Warrior can do this tier over Dark Knight is have mildly sustain. Said sustain isn't enough to give the healers more DPS, which makes it more or less irrelevant. In this game, damage is king. Which is what Dark Knight and Gunbreaker have dominated for two tiers now.