A quote from a post on a topic in the weapons and equipment forum i found sums up the disparity well

[Lord Hackenslash]

<p>A guardian wrote... "3 melee crit is a good bonus (thank god for no more DA, don't need it). "</p><p>Thanks to AAs some classes are hitting excessive numbers of DA contributing to our low place among the Tank hierarchy for dps/aggro. to them DA has become trivial.</p><p>Just points out the sad state of crusaders when compared to warriors.</p>