Discrimination

Class balance IMO is irrelevant, you knew what you were getting into when you chose your class. Think of it this way: By picking a Paladin as opposed to a priest, you chose a higher game "difficulty level". My point is, don't complain about something being harder on your class, if you belive a class has been whacked in this manner, it is your own fault in the end for continueing to play that class if you aren't satisfied.

I've played MS since the first day of Bera (by coincidence).

I did not know what I was getting into when I chose my class. You could even invoke the "ignorance" argument on me since I chose my 2nd job by what the NPC told me. But I will do the same to you, since 3rd job wasn't out, MS community was still developing, and 4th job wasn't even in beta yet for another year or so.

Yeah sure, the new players today do get the advantage. But what if Nexon decided to change a fundamental mechanism in the game by adding, oh I dunno, monsters that are incredibly unfriendly to physical attackers defense-wise? I know very well the day when Nexon changed the monster attack formula and caused many people to become broke due to higher pot burnage.