What kind of silliness is that ?

[Arutha]

But boosting Paladin's offence is actually a much needed balance fix

You'll get no contradiction from me when you say that paladins' offensive power pales in comparison to an amazon's.
But...
...I find nothing wrong with paladins' offensive power.
The class could be improved a lot . It suffers from internal unbalances (Holy Fire useless, Cleansing a 1 point wonder skill, the various resistance auras useless, etc...).
But the class itself isn't unbalanced in the game environment. It takes uber gear to allow paladins to cruise through the game like some other builds can. The fault resides with the gear, not the class.

The way to balance the class with other classes like barbs, zons and sorcs isn't to boost its power to match that of the other classes.
Nerfing those other classes would achieve the same result... and be a lot less dangerous for the overall game balance.

There are even at least two paladin skills which deserve a "nerf": Fanaticism (best damage enhancement, speed, and AR to boot? Talk about having your cake and eating it!) and Conviction (negate both enemy defense and elemental resists? Pick one, but not both).