Goodness gracious.

Enmity is not the problem.

Enmity.

Is.

Not.

The.

Problem.

Enmity is not the problem.

Being unnecessary is the problem. Being purely defensive-oriented when that defense is not needed to win is the problem.

Comparing a stupid Ukon to a smart Almace is fallacious. Comparing a perle WAR to a decked Ochain is fallacious. These comparisons are only used so that people can feel justified in their inadequacy by ignoring opportunity cost and shifting the focus onto how gimp other people are.

Want the truth? Any good, intelligent Almace PLD will always do more damage if they were a good, intelligent Ukon WAR. The correct comparison is not to other people, but to oneself.

Want Paladin to be useful again? Petition for content that's hard enough that Paladin's pure defense orientation becomes necessary to survive consistently. Create monsters that one-shot Counterstanced Monks. Make an Aegis or an Ochain absolutely vital to tank the absolute strongest 99-Endgame monsters in the game.

Fifth-string Paladins who don't know how Enmity works think they should be necessary in full NQ AF3 and a PDT sword? Tough bloody luck. No matter how much they buff Paladin, any good DD will tank circles around a clueless Paladin. Always.