One thing it may be useful to define is what type of role/use you're looking to fulfill with your NV rig.
While hunting and "tactical" uses can overlap in many ways as is commonly seen in this subforum, there are still some differences depending on what your primary use will be.
While the DBAL-D2 most certainly has a better illuminator than Class I laser-based illuminators, in addition to its size and weight, and IMHO terrible, non-ambidextrous "FIRE" button location, the D2 also trades off more visible signature from the illuminator when used relative to a laser based illuminator. For many, this is a non-issue, but for others, it could be.
The same is true for having an independent white light that you do not use for aiming with the laser--the truth of the matter is, that many, if not most close-in fights still happen with white lights, even during an NV operation, giving up the ability to immediately go to white light is something that I would think long and hard about if the possibility of that kind of activity is a consideration, it's one thing to use a separate IR nav light/fill light (the way IR filters, things like the WMX200, etc. are used) versus a "fighting light," and also worth consideration is that pretty much any dual spectrum light is going to have a less powerful white light than its white light-only counterpart.
For a hunting rig, the whole setup/philosophy of engagement and equipment setup with visual augmentation systems may be totally different than "force on force" scenarios.
Also, as a final note--while IR illuminators are an extremely important capability, and in some circumstances (often with servicemembers), users will use them entirely not enough, it is also true that you don't need/want to use them 100% of the time for every single engagement.
~Augee