Cerberus.Zandra said:
If using this WORTHLESS JA causes you to hold back from using souleater when you WS, you're further limiting your dps as well.
Nobody said it was holding anyone back from using Souleater, they just said don't use Souleater with it up. 5/5 Diabolic Eye has a recast of 5 minutes and even with no Souleater recast merits, using Diabolic Eye shortly after using Souleater will make sure you're at 100% HP by the time Souleater is back up.
Cerberus.Zandra said:
The only time diabolic eye would ever be useful would be if you could not achieve the accuracy cap via food and gear and could only do it through diabolic eye for 3/5 minutes.
Diabolic Eye is giving you +20 accuracy you didn't have before, meaning you can take off some of your accuracy gear and replace it with attack, keeping you at the accuracy cap but increasing the amount of damage you do.
Cerberus.Zandra said:
I'm know those situations still exist, but I'm pretty sure you could count them all with one hand. Muted Soul is far better for keeping you alive longer when you're using souleater, in zergs or general fighting.
Yes, it is true that Muted Soul is helpful in keeping you alive when using Souleater, but it is also true that you are holding back the DD potential of your job because you're too scared to lose EXP or too lazy to save yourself after pulling hate. It is rare for a good DRK to die from Souleater. Like I said there are many ways to protect yourself after a Souleater WS that don't require 5/5 merits in a useless job trait.