tl;dr: Warriors cause damage while getting AoE aggro.


Warrior DPS from AoE aggro does make a difference in dungeon farm parties (remember Brayflox HM for myth grind to buy animus books anyone? Having a Warrior in the party would make the run last 1 less minute... May not seen much but since it took only around 5-6 minutes to grab the myth, after 5-6 runs you'd have a "free" one in the same amount of time if you had a Warrior in a party as opposed to a PLD).
Or even in recent content like adds during Shiva Ex.
It's not even that hard of a DPS check, but I have seen a party failing the add phase, with all DPS alive and WHM (me) spamming Holy non-stop while other healer managed to keep both PLD alive...
The overpower spam would have made a difference and the party would not have wiped at that time.
Also, if you kill adds fast on shiva ex, tanks, healers and DPS can switch back to Shiva, DoT her and she will still take dmg while she is doing the Diamond Dust thing.


Be it Steel Cyclone x2 or Unchained + Overpower spam, the damage is not low.
It's comparable to AoE of other classes like MNK or DRG.
Add Berserk and Bloodbath to that, you are causing a lot of damage (350dps+) and healing yourself.
You can add Vengeance for increase defense and do even more damage on mobs who will get counter-damaged when they hit you.



One Overpower or Steel Cyclone under berserk is MORE THAN ENOUGH to get aggro in such a way that even BLM Flare can't get it from you.
So it's only 1 GCD.

PLD flash blinds enemies so there's a chance they will miss, but they may not miss at all and land all their attacks. Flash does no damage.
Yes, flash does not wake sleeping mobs, but........ Who needs sleep anyway?


I think it's very balanced the way it is.
PLDs were having a hard time keeping aggro from lv115 BLM spamming dual or triple flares on dungeons.

Warrior is still better for AoE hate and faster runs.