Paladins and 1.9

[Rinnhart]

To prove that Blizzard has absolutely know idea what to do with paladins:

We're still in the process of refining our changes to the Paladin talent trees. In the interest of keeping you informed of these developments, here are the latest changes, which will be updated on the Test Realm soon:
    * Blessing of Kings, the former 31 point talent in Retribution, has been shifted to the 11 point talent in the Protection tree.
    * Blessing of Sanctuary, the former 11 point talent in Protection, has been shifted to the 21 point talent in the same tree.
    * Holy Shield, the former 21 point talent in Protection, has been shifted to the 31 point talent in the same tree and has had its mana cost slightly reduced.
    * Repentance, the former 31 point talent in Protection, has been shifted to the 31 point talent in the Retribution tree.
Please be aware that, as developer and player alike continue to test patch 1.9, further changes will be made if deemed necessary.

Before you ask why numbers weren't buffed during the shift, please understand that talent trees aren't necessarily designed to get much stronger as you get deeper into the tree, but rather unlock more options along the same basic line. Other class trees are designed in precisely the same way.

The developers will continue to evaluate the situation and make changes should they find something lacking, never fear.

Pally thoughts on the changes? Note, I've only ever seen one person use Repentance. Nice little spell sometimes, I guess.
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Repentance is nice, but it has never been 31 point nice. The only real reason alot of "hardcore" paladins got it was because it was just past Reckoning.

They fixed the stupidity of Kings, but at what cost? Shuffle around a few more abilities? Kings should be a base Blessing. Holy Shield was so-so for being a 21 point talent given that it REQUIRES YOU BLOCK. A 31 point talent and no buff but a "slightly reduced mana cost"?

They're trying to address the problem of kings as the 31 point retribution talent by mangling protection further. Excellent #$%&ing work. Let's dodge the bullet by ruining something else.