Alright, I made a thread a couple of days back regarding Abyssal Drain's potency compared to other sustain CD's and Sole Survivor being removed.


Now, a while back I also made a thread about a similar suggestion, but I thought I'd bring it back to the front just in case- and since they brought back Mythril Tempest for Warrior I don't see it being super impossible. Call me persistent, but I really don't want to see DRK with for some reason less sustain than the other tanks again.

Tar Pit was a cooldown back in Heavensward PVP that did okay damage, but absorbed a ton of HP. It looked/sounded awesome and felt pretty powerful to use back then. I'd like to see Tar Pit return to DRK at Lv. 58 as their sustain cooldown. All tanks have their 1200 potency healing skills, once again except DRK (Abyssal Drain exists yes, but in single target it's nothing compared to the other healing CDs and in AoE you need at least 6 targets to get it on the same level.)
You could also argue that DRK always has Souleater now, but WAR has Storm's Path and GNB has Brutal Shell which do essentially the same thing.

Anyways, I've made a quick Mspaint skill tooltip with the rough details (Numbers are of course changeable to whatever):

The general idea is that it's a DRK themed Equilibrium / Clemency / Aurora, it's 1200 potency of healing in whatever scenario you use it. In single target you'd get a straight 1200 potency HP absorb, 2 targets 600 potency each, 4 targets 300 potency each and so on.
It'd be free with a Dark Arts proc, and since it's less potency than Flood/Edge of Shadow, it wouldn't change your rotation at all- but it does give you that extra bit of decision making wether you want health or damage.


So yeah, I think I covered everything, the animation and sound effects are already in the game and it doesn't mess with it's DPS rotation. I'm curious what you guys' thoughts are and how you feel DRK's sustainability is with the info we have now. I know there's a couple more issues with the new DRK, but I think it's sustainability compared to other tanks is one of them.