But but but... it was
proven by some warriors that it was a permanent 50-60pct damage mitigation and made paladins the preferred tanks above and beyond all others.. /sobs for the poor downtrodden warriors (who can now DPS all mobs about as well as we can DPS undead mobs with slay
)
Of course, by proven, I mean various self-serving parses were twisted and tweaked with a skill most politicians are in awe of and posted with long, useless arguments that distorted facts, repeated the same concepts over and over regardless of absurdity, and were paired with a bunch of number crunching mumbo-jumbo crap to make it appear as whatever they wanted it to be.
Somewhere in the long proofs, there is mathematical proof of god, the flying spaghetti monster, and a tiny flying teacup that controls thoughts. But, I digress. In a very small way, I guess I'm glad this spell got the surprise buttsecks rather than our slay ability, although that is next on the list if its left up to the hate mongering folks.