So what exactly IS the issue with Warrior?

[Judge_Xero]

190 DPS? I don't even remotely believe that.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ank-DPS-Thread

It can do a lot of damage. Although the testing was done against training dummies, Warrior doesn't require any special movement for combos. With 400 STR and Bravura, I averaged ~170 DPS over 10 minutes.

Unless your in gear that is even better than mine... I don't see this as remotely possible either, on anything other than a training Dummy.

EVEN THEN, I can't break 200 sustained DPS in my Strength gear in Defiance without unchained.

You should try again using all your cooldowns. Even @ 5 minutes you should be over 210 DPS.

That makes no sense.
If Warrior DPS is equal to PLD DPS in sword oath, and Warrior DPS suffers a 25% damage debuff compared to 20% Paladin debuff, they would still be doing the same damage.
The logic makes no sense.

From Sword Oath to Shield Oath Paladin looses, 50 Potency per AA and 20% Damage. AA is ~35-40% of a Paladin DPS in Sword Oath. In Shield Oath it drops to about 20-25% of total DPS. So Paladin is loosing about 15% of it's DPS right off the top.
Warrior gets access to more powerful skills in Defiance which brings it's average Potency per Skill up.
There is your damage difference.