Thank you for the input.
I have compared them both and been spending a lot of spare time reading up on both of them. I like the appeal of the faster gearset on the DS but then I think of the longer fork travel on the marlin as well as the beefier tires. I Think I will be ok with the DS unless I decide to start riding more aggresively but at the same time I feel like thats going to be down the road if it even happens.