the once and future Spangles

[Concillian]

You can argue some talents can be tweaked. May be protection spec can be given power in other areas of the game other than tanking. But you can't honestly tell me warrior is underpowered right now.
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Discussion on warrior under/over powered-ness is virtually useless, because warriors go from being underpowered compared with most other classes at the same gear level when both are wearing green gear to overpowered compared with most other classes when both are wearing ideal purple gear.

Warriors also cannot win most 1 on 1 encounters that start on equal terms, against a player of equal skill / gear level unless they are exceptionally well geared, and/or get lucky with crit / sword spec procs. Clueless rogues and hunters are easy, but when you get one's that know what they are doing, it's nearly impossible to beat them. Mages, Warlocks and shadow priests are all the anti-warrior. Paladins are totally impossible and shaman depends on spec. Holy priests are warrior food, and shield-less shaman are not terribly difficult, but anything else is an uphill battle.

But then if you team them up with a healer, they become a fearsome duo. One of the better in the game.

PvE as well, warriors are very gear and support dependent. Hunters, druids, warlocks, and mages can take out elite mobs that warriors could only dream of taking solo, but are perhaps the best equipped to support healer classes. Warriors in greens do rather paltry DPS, but warriors in the best gear can do as much sustained single target damage than any other class in the game.

Warriors are plagued by circumstance. They can be an easy kill or a wrecking ball, but it depends quite a bit on the gearing and the situation. Support is a big deal as well.

A lot of the nerfing of warriors has been done because with the best gear available, they scale damage in a way that no other class does. This makes the best geared warriors quite fearsome, yet is not representative of the entire warrior population. Lesser geared warriors have to start further and further below the waterline compared with other classes, while the best geared warriors fight to maintain their capabilities. The cycle is endless without change to something more basic than gear and talents. This is the frusration of the warrior.