I dislike both coins, but I have to admit that DRK has surprised me. I thought it wold have been out of the game now, given every alt, and BTC, is taking a bashing.
XMR, well I have no reason to see it beyond a small-time operation on Poloniex. I don't think DRK has been shilled anywhere near the extent of XMR. I have a litter of deleted posts from moderated XMR threads.
I have none from DRK thtreads, nor do I notice it being shilled so much.
Someone could do a count over 6 months, if they can be bothered.
In saying that, I see no point to DRK, it is a variation on everything else.
But it has been a success, there is no doubt of that.
Putting XMR against DRK is like putting Digitalcoin against Bitcoin.
The winner is not difficult to spot.
Compelling argument. Exactly none of your points addressed the technical merits of either coin.