Are Paladins really bad?

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Up to 30 on my pally and having a blast.

Are they bad? Absolutely not, you just have to know and accept their shortcomings:

-low dps
-lack of defensive

They have an impressive spell toolkit and really make for arguably the best all-around group tank for content that doesn’t require defensive. Between lulls, snap aggro, on demand root, on demand stun, buffs, direct heals, rezzes, heal over times, and LoH ... hugely versatile and highly desirable. Their dps will go up with Chardok 2.0 after they are put on same damage tables as warriors and will benefit greatly from the 2h damage bonus revamp.

If you want to raid main tank, play a warrior. Paladins are tons of fun in groups.