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Originally Posted by Toxigen
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That applies to all classes, it isn't Warrior specific. Understanding the strengths/weaknesses of each class is part of what defines a good player.
Warriors have a number of weaknesses that are harder to offset than other classes. With the right gear, understanding of the class, and good teammates, these weaknesses will be overcome.
A skilled Knight can overcome the same weaknesses of a Warrior in EC gear, and they do not need to rely on having good teammates. Knights are better at tasks like pulling, which enables more low man group compositions. The only thing Knights end up lacking is Warrior Discs, which are only needed on a small percentage of content.
The other thing people forget (due to everybody being well geared these days), is most content wasn't designed around characters with end-game droppable gear (and/or raid gear) at level 30. While a Knight does do less DPS than a Warrior, the average P99 Knight is going to be much better geared than what the developers balanced the content around. P99 Knights are probably doing more damage than a Warrior in the expected gear at level 30 (something like Minotaur Axes and Crafted Armor). This means P99 Knights are pulling their weight DPS-wise when you look at the gear the content was balanced around.
That is the difference in the end. For most P99 content, a Warrior isn't as good as a Knight.
When you are level 60 and have other experienced players farming content with you, the Knight's advantage will wane. Many players do not get to this point, however. A lot of Warriors are alts that get extra DKP thrown at them, and they get stuck somewhere before level 60 forever. This is due to their weaknesses, like not being able to solo well. Any time you can't find a group for your Warrior, you probably aren't going to be leveling them. While a Knight does level slower than a Warrior, the Knight's ability to solo well will often times offset the Warrior's XP per kill advantage.