Yeah NA mods are usually pretty quick about getting responses to us considering they're not on the same continent as the dev team. I'm pretty sure we've gotten some responses before the Japan side (if only because we're the only ones asking) so that's a thing too.

@Phobos I wasn't trying to imply that paladin could hold AOE hate off of a warrior who wants it since gla has never been able to do that to mrd. It's more about utility. The comparison to WAR for raw tanking is going to be rough since warriors basically hit the lottery when you look at subclasses and job abilities. I guess I just had different expectations - based on early info and the patch notes alone I expected paladin to be a lot worse than it is and for warriors to be walking gods. Instead, we got paladins who are pretty good and warriors who are probably walking gods. That said, I did write that post at 6am right before I went to sleep so maybe I said some things I didn't mean to.

If they want to buff paladins or shields in general that's great too. I hope they change up the block formula so that dLVL has less of an effect on your chance to block and maybe give Flash a mind modifier like Flat Blade got. Perhaps they'll make Divine Veil also restore MP when outside cures are cast on you.