With the way Warrior and Dark Knight are performing I am under the impression that Paladin is lacking a great deal and seems to be missing something.

For one, the DRK can run its DPS stance whilst tanking and the Warrior has little problem stance-dancing. For PLD to change stances a GCD must be invoked unlike Deliverance and Defiance on the Warrior.

In the new content we burn out of TP very fast and the Warrior happily continues DPSing to its hearts content. Our Shield Swipe is all but useless in the heavy magic damage Alex raids as is our shield. We're left with some solid cool downs but they barely overshadow DRK in performance.

Lastly, our cross-class abilities are pretty pathetic to say the least and with the above mentioned the only really "shining" thing we have is Hallowed Ground. I'm not all that fond of Clemency when comparing it to the Warriors Raw Intuition.

Where does that leave Paladin? The "superior defense" argument is lost in the heavy magic encounters.