Paladin grp utility is minimal; virtually every group will have 1 or more who can do those things, and do it better because they aren't trying to tank at the same time.
I've never been in a situation where pally utility was make or break, but I've been in situations where a group wouldn't have worked w/o FD/snare splitting or fear/snare to shut down casters or snare to prevent runners. Also, being able to FD on a pull makes certain high-risk ventures low-risk.
I'm not knocking a paladin, I loved paladin tanks in a full grp as an ench and their buffs in a raid. To make a broad generalization, paladins are slightly better than SK in a lot of situations, SK is massively better than paladins in a small number of situations.
90% of the time only the player of the pal/SK will notice the differences, as the group only cares that you hold agro while they take care of everything else.
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