SAM became shockingly over-powered so much so that in my LS we had SAMs tanking Gods, but part of that was skill, too. In an EXP party I can keep up with their damage as a DRK, but at the minute they're easily the better DD, and just about everyone is lv'ing it.

I'm happy to hear about new DRK spells. Aspir II would be ace, drain HP to MP or something so it can be used on most mobs and so we can actually use the majority of our expensive spells. When you had 300 odd MP with Dread Spikes, Absorb-TP and Absorb-STR adding up to over 120, it gets tough to keep up the MP because lazy RDMs dont want to bother refreshing.