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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4905608" data-attributes="member: 710">Simply said, there are more ways for the Paladin to mark enemies _and_ attach some additional drawback to it.The Fighter, just by virtue of marking someone, can make an attack as immediate action. It doesn't matter how he got the mark - even a Bard can "trick" someone to be marked by the Fighter and benefits from it. Also, the Fighter just has to attack someone ,and gets to mark him. He can even use multiclass powers, ranged attacks or anything else that is an attack to mark someone. But the Paladin doesn't get this benefit if he marks. He only gets it when he uses Divine Challenge. Now, with adding powers that allow to Divine Sanction people, he can affect more people. He still doesn't benefit from the above mentioned Bard power, but that's not a problem (the Swordmage doesn't get this chance, either). He is no longer limited to Divine Challenge as his only mark source. He can mark at range. He can mark multiple enemies even if engaging only one actively. Other things that improved him are probably more that he gets a broader power selection so that all Paladin builds have enough opportunities to find something fitting their focus.</blockquote>