Confirmed 1.9 Patch Notes

[Bob the Beholder]

So wheres the reciprical buffs for paladins, then?  Horde still does things we can't match.
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Alliance still does things horde can't match. Just not this one thing, now.

Reciprocal buff?

Blessing of Salvation.

There are things shamans can do that paladins can't. There are things paladins can do that shamans can't. Blizzard decided one of these cases imbalanced end-game raiding, and changed it. Perhaps there are things shamans can do that the alliance, as a whole, can not match. But apparently Blizzard deems those things less impacting then 20 percent less aggro for every DPS-monkey in a raid.