Job Recommendation: Paladin Tanking and Area of Effect

[Kazrah]

So I like the concept, but there's three major flaws I'm seeing.

1.) As far as damage goes, this would only make sense against trash pulls and only if the paladin was the main tank, which means that once you reach endgame content, this trick pretty much becomes pointless since there's not as much trash or AoE pulls in content where warriors and dark knights are still preferred over paladins.
2.) Although this would be a leveling thing, paladins would still have to wait until they get Shield Oath at level 40, where most of the more painful tribulations of paladin leveling have passed.
3.) One of the main reasons why gladiator/paladin is considered the introductory tank class/job is because it teaches players that tanking well actually requires work and that damage as a tank is not (and should not be) a priority. These lessons would both be diminished by a passive retributive damage component no matter how small it may be, and the only reason why warriors get it is because a.) it's a limited effect on a lengthy cooldown, and b.) damage as a tank is more in-line with the theme of warriors rather than the paladin theme.

I do agree that paladins need more AoE damage ability, but there could be better approaches to it for the sake of leveling. They could change Sword Oath so it deals extra damage and deal a portion of all damage dealt as AoE damage (because they REALLY need to do something about Sword Oath), or they could move Circle of Scorn to an earlier level, or they could add in a new AoE skill (wtb Saint Cross). Better yet, they could add a low-potency damage component to Flash, which would provide that additional AoE at a much earlier level while still providing a slightly better experience for new tanks.

[AsteriaStarfall]

Better yet, they could add a low-potency damage component to Flash, which would provide that additional AoE at a much earlier level while still providing a slightly better experience for new tanks.

Pretty much this right here. That is where paladin lacks when it comes to AoE threat capabilities. Flash does zero damage while warrior and dark knight both get an aoe damage+threat ability by lvl 30. Even at end game paladins only have 1 aoe ability that does damage and that has a long CD on it compared to DRK and WAR that can spam theirs.