The purpose of the knight

[ArchmagusArcana]

Knight was my first character i ever got to 50, a long long time ago, and its still my favorite, but ive always said, WTF do barbs have frenzy and we have nothing comperable, WTF do archers get 15% resist to ALL damage and we dont, and we are knights, we wear armor, WTF do i have very bad rating on level 50 armor. At the absolute least, level 50 (maybe 45-50 even) armor should be normal on everything, its not unbalanced, its logical, a knights weapon is his ability to resist damage, so even going so far as to give a Good rating to all defenses i dont think is going too far.

I played again on RA just recently (as that is where my knight lives), and even with all block passives and PB maxed out that i would block.....maybe 1/10 on average, its just.....not acceptable......Im not quite sure how to change it given the nature of this game (too fast paced for a mini game, or even an interactive real time block menu).

Maybe have something like block points that would work like mana. Normal blocks would remain as normal (including the block passive), but Spells would contribute to a block point meter that would give a 50% chance (or whatever) to block the attack, each attack that is blocked removes some of the points, and when exhausted, only block as normal. It would turn PB into a getaway spell like sanct or low pro, it would be reliable, and it would be effective. It may call for reducing the time on PB or increasing cooldown, but at least it would make blocking more reliable and turn knights from being a tiny little thorn that gets hit more than blocks, to something that can really be a pain in the ass.....