Exaggerated or not, by OoW, a 2.0, anguish-geared monk could tank all group content and most bosses in Anguish, short of Vangl/OMM.Pyros didn't post a source; he simply had an anonymous quote that was far more whiny than it was objective; why would I take it seriously? Now that I know who it was; yeah he probably did know how to play his class but exaggerated whining is still exaggerated whining.
EQ had the WORST class balancing... Not due to the classes themselves, but due to the dev(s) in charge at the time. One guy would favor rogues... Rogues would get OP'd. Next guy liked mages, they would get OP'd etc...
Also... (And the same with VG) there were some devious players/ guilds in the beta testing. They would purposely tank their DPS stats to get a boost in the live launch... Or not report an obscure bug which allowed them an edge when the content went live.
Furor had his ego-rants for sure. Taking them at face value is the same as taking RR posts as pure, unbiased, fact as well. You gotta look past the emotional investments and bullshit to find the gem of fact at the center of it all.