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People bitched about DKs largely because they were a new thing to bitch about.  Hunters needed at least a little bit of a break! I raided with many a highly skilled DK - tank and dps alike - and any player worth their salt knew enough to recognize the important tools they brought to raids.

I recognize that there are going to be certain classes in any MMO that get stereotyped. I also recognize that some classes might have a steeper learning curve, while some might be easier, some middle-of-the-pack, etc. Just because a class is "challenging", though, is no reason to try and protect the poor hapless players from it. That's a sure-fire way of boring your skilled players to death and really, what good would a little newbie get leveling a completely different class up only to have to switch to astrologian/dark knight/machinist anyway? They're STILL going to have to deal with a swath of new abilities when they do make the switch.

As a side-comment, I realize that a lot of people have had trouble with things like Titan HM. To this day it still baffles me, though. I could dodge those patterns in my sleep and solo-healed the fight in half regular AF gear. >_>