Yah. See what you are saying on that. And I do understand that you are saying at some level of AA, when you can choose between Unicorn visual upgrade or this AA, that you would go with this AA. I suspect a few of the Paladin brethren went with the Unicorn though for the shiney horn.
One of the points I was trying to make was that most folks are not limited to one class any more, and the game mechanics can cross to different classes, under different uses. I personally have and do play 5 -6 different classes. While I profess to expertise on almost none of them, it doesn't invalidate that I have reasonable knowledge of all. Unmei has a pretty good grasp on most of the game mechanics and was not comparing so much as illustrating the difference imho.
As to pulling in Eqplayers, it is a common tactic in WOW when such arguments arise and was opened up by Cellan when he started that int caster/rober wearer nonsense. And I stand by that it is a valid argument in some circumstances (certainly not all), and I hadn't looked at your eqplayers as you have proven by your discussion that you know what you are talking about.. hmm. Now I am curious though and will probably look it up when I get home tonight, if only to see what I might want if I ever bring my Paladin out of retirement.
PS: I still don't get that AOV, but there are a few folks that slyly support it (you, Knytul) so I suspect I am missing something important on that. Some kind of combo thing. Perhaps someday the light bulb will come on for me if I bring my paladin back.
Peace.