Quote Originally Posted by Launched View Post
What? Are you seriously comparing a single Royal Authority hit to a single Fell Cleave hit? You have to be joking. PLD doesn't have the burst WAR has, and it never had it. PLD's damage is far more sustained: FoF is slightly weaker but lasts 50% longer and has no drawback. Your autoattacks are fast and Sword Oath adds a lot of unnoticeable damage to them. You have 2 DoTs: one that's very strong and another that's off GCD. The only "burst" PLD has is Spirits Within. Their sustained damage in Sword Oath with Storm's Eye/Dancing Edge is competitive with WAR, and their Shield Oath damage was NEVER competitive.

I will politely offer my opinion that you are wrong. I've watched countless videos from reliable sources that prove your statements wrong when concerning competitive damage when performing raid mechanics and on paper.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTsVLBMAgsE
http://imgur.com/cEIx1I4
http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/120318-Paladin-VS-Warrior-Battle-of-the-Off-Tank-DPS

I also used to be in a raid group where the leader would embarrass and belittle me if I didn't even get in the ballpark of his numbers since he had ACT up constantly (keep in mind I, and others, left him in the dust because of that attitude and made our own FC.) I very intimately knew then and know now what Paladins face in the matter of where the job lacks what it needs. We do peanuts for damage, have an ability kit that does not have synergy concerning the direction we're forced, we can't make up for our own weaknesses, and furthermore we can't even help others make up for what we lack.