Has been since they were buffed in 2.x, iirc. I keep hearing that they did the maths to prove that WAR mitigates more than PLD while also dealing more damage. This is exacerbated by abilities in HW that allow Warrior OT DPS to top pure DPS job numbers in certain periods of combat, while PLD is still mediocre at best. DRK is doing okay, though, by my understanding, because they have the highest MT DPS.