I'd like to point out that if guides and special strategies are required for magic to match physical (which hasn't even been proven yet), then that still wouldn't mean the two are equal.
If physical is just "put points into Warfare and use the obvious skills" and magic is "do this very specific build where you need to follow this very specific rotation to succeed," then that still means there are balance issues.
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