From the data, the issue isn't going to be INT Caster Vs Warrior as the warrior's melee damage intake is going to be significantly less than an INT caster (the warrior parse had 3x the avoidance of the int caster). Seriously, the difference between being hit 87% of the time and 64% of the time is a lot bigger than most of you are giving credit. Take a look at the war/pal/monk parse to see the effect of avoidance on DPS intake. There is a reason monks took a defensive nerf in late-SoL.
The issue with AC not working is going to be non-plate, non-INT vs plate mitigation. Non-INTs can get up to 200 defense (warriors 210) so having the weak effect of AC is going to throw off the balance there. Without AC having a sizeable effect, a druid is going to have a similar damage intake to a warrior (obvious sans avoidance skills).
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