ok, just a few thoughts on the subject. First of all I'd love better drops from dark beasts, but drops haven't been the main draw for me slaying there ever because by the time I got 90 slayer they were already dropping too much. The main draw has always been the easy training, great exp, and the ability to enhance my profit from trips by mining that rune rock right next to beasts. Since they added them another great benefit is the great amount of blue charms that they drop, which compared to most other monsters is quite good. Now that I'm 99 slayer I'd have to say that daark beasts were really one of my favorite tasks due to the ease of task and the great exp per task. thanks -helring