I had thought warrior was relatively untouched compared to TWOW's warrior.
So I rolled one and I did notice DPS classes doing things around me at 1-2 lower levels than me and not coming near death. I'm beaten to an inch of life per mob, and the risk is always there, like you said.
Does this get better as we get more kit? Seriously considering a reroll because that type of gameplay loop for 20-60 is something I'd consider unfun. I don't expect warrior to behave like a level 40 Rogue sustain build right out of the gate swinging from mob to mob and healing/doing massive dmg, but being beaten to an inch of life per mob while other DPS specs race through content isn't exactly it either.