Quote Originally Posted by Reynhart View Post
Except that Flash can be cross-classed for the "not breaking crowd control" part, and that DA+Dark Passenger gives a better blind, since you only need one application to have a very long duration, thus, not building resistance...and also does damage.
The fact that it has situational uses when cross-classed is supposed to show how it is balanced with the other abilities.
Technically a Paladin's Flash is the better Blind due to having a 21s per 80s (~25%) uptime versus Dark Passenger's 25s/26s per 120s (~21%) uptime. Circle of Scorn is also more dps (10) than Dark Passanger (5 or ~8.3 with DA)

And still, Blind doesn't offer that much mitigation compared to WAR, or even DRK with their DA+Dark Dance, yet our AoE DPS output is ridiculously low
The blind effect is in addition to Bulwark and the ability to freely CC with Shield Bash.

The designers are designing content with a different meta than the AoE dps obsessed meta that NA/EU players are playing in. The designer's intended meta seems to be built around controlling smaller (i.e 1 to 4 target) enemy groups compared to the player developed big group AoE meta which is focused around speed burning 6+ target groups. This case of clashing perspectives is what is giving us a divided perspective on how effective the Paladin is.