No, it's true. WAR was a mandatory pick for the entire duration of Heavensward and the majority of Stormblood. The absolute dps differences were larger than they are even now, despite jobs having smaller dps numbers overall back then (and tanks actually had a lot more carry potential in terms of dps). Shadowbringers had a closer balance overall, but this is the first expansion that you can actually see them attempting to do balancing on the basis of rdps such that the averages are within 100 dps of each other. The main balance discrepancy isn't with tanks, but rather with casters and ranged dps, which is more of a job design philosophy issue that needs to be looked at. But that's a discussion for elsewhere.

Of course, you'd be better off sticking to providing commentary on expansions that you were actually there for.