Holy Shield versus Lightning Shield

[Rinnhart]

but I do want to stress that the talent trees are primarily about giving players more options as they go deeper into a tree rather than becoming more powerful.

I'd love to hear their definition of "options". Imp. Ambush, Imp. SS, Mortal Strike, Shadow Burn, Shadow Form, Silence, Shatter, Vengeance, whatever the two handed weapon talent for shamans is called, mortal shots- half of the goddamn talent trees that currently exist do add "more options" but they also add immediate and drastic increases in power.

It seems that they've changed their design philosophy just in time for the paladin revamp. Why limit how many talent points you can get if there's no increase in power with deeper investment into trees? Why can we only get one 31 point talent if they aren't necessarily designed to be the best a tree has to offer?