Do Warriors have any single disadvantage?

[Nanaho]

Great Big Snip of good info.

Thank you. Im at work, so i would have never been able to get all that in XD But you broke it down very nicely. people keep callign foul on WARs for being so far ahead, when we really arent.

[SirTaint]

Thank you. Im at work, so i would have never been able to get all that in XD But you broke it down very nicely. people keep callign foul on WARs for being so far ahead, when we really arent.

Reposting for him:

WARs have

Unlimited TP - equilibrium plus their best GCDs cost 0 tp
Highest burst damage
-10 damage down for the raid (Stack with INT and STR down)
Slashing damage up for DRK PLD NIN
Best stance dance which can be used to increase damage or mitigation instantly
Shortest CD timers

War is also a 100% lock down spot in every raid group, which is the only real problem. War is fun to play and rewarding.

I have WAR/PLD/DRK geared and 60. WAR is the bomb.com

[Nanaho]

Reposting for him:

WARs have

Unlimited TP - equilibrium plus their best GCDs cost 0 tp
Highest burst damage
-10 damage down for the raid (Stack with INT and STR down)
Slashing damage up for DRK PLD NIN
Best stance dance which can be used to increase damage or mitigation instantly
Shortest CD timers

War is also a 100% lock down spot in every raid group, which is the only real problem. War is fun to play and rewarding.

I have WAR/PLD/DRK geared and 60. WAR is the bomb.com

why does everyone use Burst damage as a measure? BRDs have astounding burst damage, but they arent the best DPS. It's not an argument point

[Phoenicia]

War is also a 100% lock down spot in every raid group, which is the only real problem. War is fun to play and rewarding.

I have WAR/PLD/DRK geared and 60. WAR is the bomb.com

In my post I'm not arguing WAR's "superiority". I am just saying it is "silly" to pigeonhole this great class into the OT spot when it can FULLY FUNCTION as MT and the other tanks can FULLY function as OT.

WAR MT / PLD OT is actually a DPS gain over PLD MT / WAR OT. If say your group is running PLD and WAR in say A4, let the WAR MT since it WILL do more MT damage than MT PLD, it WILL mitigate more damage than the MT PLD, the OT PLD WILL do relevantly good DPS, OT PLD can actually put clemency to use on orbs, OT PLD will actually use its shield when tanking add and in quarantine! PLD won't have to level DRK to be "useful".
A DRK/PLD group can also function just as fine (sacrificing raid Storm Path only! which, let's face it, only eases on the need of using Sacred Soil on the SCH's side.) with a NIN in group.

Fun Fact: A lot of the "big raid wide" damage happens when Storm Path is down and cannot be applied to boss. Think As1 where both bosses jump.

My whole point in here is that if we get out of the "stick WAR into OT and let PLD or DRK MT" idea, we get far greater raid composition options that are competitive!