Even including, oh, Warrior elixirs? Would balance things out quite a bit.
NLs (perfect) = 99 (claw) + 30 (stars) attack
BMs (perfect) = 150 (bow) + 10 (mastery) + 17.333 (that atk skill thingy)
->
99 + 30 + 12
150 + 10 + 21.333
NLs go from 72.7% of a BM's w.atk to 77.8% of w.atk. Meaning instead of 5.1 vs. 5.2 mil dpm at 180, it's 5.57 vs. 5.32 mil dpm, in favour of the NL.
Of course, you successfully showed that without attack pots, attack gloves, attack capes/shoes, attack pendants, BMs are better. But how common is the situation where someone has a 150 atk bow (or 99 atk claw) and none of those?
Say you add the rest -
MoN - 10 atk
Glove - 15 atk
Cape - 5 atk
Shoes - 2 atk
Blessing of Spirit - 12 atk
NL - 99 + 30 + 12 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 2 + 12 = 185
BM - 150 + 10 + 21.333 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 2+ 12 = 225.333
Now the NL has 82% of the BM's attack, still without using onyx apples. With Apples it's over 90%.
I'll also note that my Paladin has roughly 52/56 of those extra attack I just added (differently set on my NL, comes out to 54/56), so it's not at all unreasonable to expect this kind of gear on a 4th job character.
NLs (perfect) = 99 (claw) + 30 (stars) attack
BMs (perfect) = 150 (bow) + 10 (mastery) + 17.333 (that atk skill thingy)
->
99 + 30 + 12
150 + 10 + 21.333
NLs go from 72.7% of a BM's w.atk to 77.8% of w.atk. Meaning instead of 5.1 vs. 5.2 mil dpm at 180, it's 5.57 vs. 5.32 mil dpm, in favour of the NL.
Of course, you successfully showed that without attack pots, attack gloves, attack capes/shoes, attack pendants, BMs are better. But how common is the situation where someone has a 150 atk bow (or 99 atk claw) and none of those?
Say you add the rest -
MoN - 10 atk
Glove - 15 atk
Cape - 5 atk
Shoes - 2 atk
Blessing of Spirit - 12 atk
NL - 99 + 30 + 12 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 2 + 12 = 185
BM - 150 + 10 + 21.333 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 2+ 12 = 225.333
Now the NL has 82% of the BM's attack, still without using onyx apples. With Apples it's over 90%.
I'll also note that my Paladin has roughly 52/56 of those extra attack I just added (differently set on my NL, comes out to 54/56), so it's not at all unreasonable to expect this kind of gear on a 4th job character.