Quote Originally Posted by Taemek View Post
Once people start clearing Coil and we can do 100% orange to orange, side-by-side comparisons of a Paladin and Warrior in comparitive gear, if the DPS difference is 15 - 20% and the healing required difference is 15 - 20% assuming skill is the same (which it never is and is a varible that can simply not be accounted for), then I say that SE have hit the nail on the head and it is balanced.
Then you would be horribly incorrect. DPS increase is relative to the sum of all DPS done by the raid. If the Warrior brings 20% more DPS than a Paladin and you have 4 dedicated DPS while the PLD takes 20% less healing, you only have fools taking WAR over PLD. This is an overwhelming edge to the PLD. If the WAR does equal damage to a DPS and does 20% more damage than a PLD, you shorten fights by 5.6%. This is a horrendous trade off- with a WAR counting as a DPS and Tank for an increase of 20% damage taken.