Full STR WAR is nothing to write off.

[ZDamned]

Have you actually parsed yourself? big number for tanks is nice and all, but when BLM is throwing out 4k crits with firestarter, your 1k damage is measly. Also you have very low crit so in a 10 min fight you would barely get more then 20% with wrath.

Not to mention if the WHM doesnt have to heal u for a few sec with the extra health he or she can toss out a Holy which does a hell of alot more then you do. Which is also why PLD are still faster at WP.

All in all I dont discount the value of str, I personally dont use defiance and use all my DRG jewels for AK runs. But for progression sake, the reward is too low for so much risk

None of us are talking about Progression here, Just everything other than the last 2 fights in the game. =P

PS: WHM can holy with my Warrior as a Speed Runner too, and I add 200-300 Damage per Overpower to everything. So thats 200-300 per GCD on top of the AOE DPSers, and Holy Stuns them, so that's at minimum 3 casts at ~600 Damage per cast of holy.