Well then, ANET hate paragons now

NOT running a paragon will no longer gimp your build into oblivion. BINGO!

These skills were overpowered and had not only made Paragons running these skills vital, it'd also been a barrier to Paragons built different ways. It's now balanced.

Actually Paragons didn't need a major nerf. What ANet needed to do was limit the number of Paragons that could be in a HA build. Seriously dual paragons were the problem, so why not forbid them? Why nerf the entire profession, when you could just cap the number for PvP? Because that's a stupid idea. Why would they limit the number of a certain class in a party just to indirectly address some broken skills? That seems horribly nearsighted and foolish, when you consider that they could simply... and this may sound really crazy, but... actually address the skills in question.

I'm primarily a pve'er (altho I pay attention to pvp, cuz I learn a lot there) so let me say this:
There are about a dozen or more viable builds with a paragon. All of those builds are not released yet due to this being a new class.

A paragon has almost as much armor as a war and can gain energy (from adrenaline shouts) efficiently.
Can a warrior run Searing Flames in pve? No.
Can a war run Thunderclap? No.
Can a war spam Barrage? No.
Can a war put Succor on 2 monks and not run out of energy? No.

You still have unlimited IAS (Soldier's Fury or Aggressive Refrain), energy gain from adrenaline shouts/chants, awesome protection (They're on Fire, Blazing Finale, Anthem of Flame, Burning Refrain), daze (awe and stunning strike), a lot of deep wound options (vicious attack, merciless spear, etc.) terrific party heals (Song, Ballad, and Aria of Restoration), battery capabilities (Aria of Zeal, Zealous anthem, lyric of zeal), condition removal abilities (song of purif, purif finale, lyric of purif, cautery sig), spike support (anthem of fury, anthem of guidance, anthem of envy, Go for the eyes), can inflict cripple on multiple foes (crippling anthem), can deep wound multiple foes (It's just a flesh wound + plague sending), and more that my puny brain can't think of right now...

Let's not forget that you can have mending refrain on you w/o gimping your energy (like a mending wammo).

You should be glad that wars and rits aren't coming over here complaining about how the para ruined their niches.

Since you're using a scythe build, you can proly tell that a para axe build does more dps than a war.

There are still Angelic Bond builds, Cautery Sig builds, Focused Anger builds, Song of Restor builds, etc.

You lost 2s off Incoming and now you can't play pve anymore? Sure, I have to limit my aggro to 2 mobs instead of 4 since the update, but taking on 4 mobs w/o breaking a sweat is pretty overpowered.

Anet would not make change mid-season unless it was ruining a lot of things. As much as I love my paragon, I have to admit he was overpowered. As a longtime Rit player I can say that he's still way better than a Rit.

If ppl think that these few skill changes mean the end of the paragon, I can't complain since spear prices will drop

What would make the paragon extinct? If Anet had gimped the Leadership attribute or some other such insanity.

Right now, Paragons are running just fine. That pretty much sums up what I was gunna say. Im probably a more experience pve paragon, having beaten the game and all, yet this lessens their effectiveness zero to nil for me. However, another point I would like to say is that since paragons are the COMMANDER/GENERAL of the group you need to think like that. Most people are looking for way too much synergism in the paragon and its secondary itself. Paragons have great synergy with MANY CLASSES and you should use it. This means that you should use many skills from other classes in you GROUP BUILD. Put wy on ur warrior, let your mesmer handle energy management, and do wat paragons do best and COMMAND.

The nerf is a pain but paragon is still good in pve just got mine to Legendary survior (3) and completed all missions with just heros and npc .
Its was so easy. Then please dear gods in heaven, share your build in the Paragon build forum! I went through the game with my Paragon, shuffling builds and doing great with each. Wizzed through them is the actual phrase I'm thinking of.

As of the update, I get slaughtered right and left. I don't even have the nerfed-4 in my skill bar. I'm lost because I don't know why my paragon went to hell.

I am getting slaughtered. I can't get anywhere near the Realm of Torment. Bad player I guess.

I don't see why everyone is crying over a few skill nerfs from the paragon. It is not going to make a big difference in pve, and for those who think it will, choose other skills to use then. all anet did was make overpowered skills less powerful, and i'm not feeling sorry for anyone who exploits overpowered skills and then whines like a baby when they can't abuse it anymore. if you can't deal with it, then try another profession? if you can't deal with nerfs/buffs, then quit the game and do something else with your life. Heck, if people DO choose other skills and find a way to make say...

"Brace Yourself!"
"Can't Touch This!"
"Help Me!"
"Make Haste!"
Song of Concentration
Angelic Protection
Awe
Enduring Harmony
"The Power is Yours!" {E} (Don't bring up focus swapping, its still terrible)
Leader's Zeal
Lyric of Zeal/Lyric of Purification
Purifying finale
Song of Power
Harrier's Toss
Unblockable Throw
Stunning Strike
or
Wearying Spear

...So much as remotely useful in PvE, I'll be happy.