I may be better off with this brew than with the standard pally, but that's like saying I'm better off with the Fighter than the CW Samurai. It doesn't matter, because I'm using a Warblade. You could make a dozen classes that were better than the CW Samurai and no one would care because being better than the CW Samurai isn't enough to make a cool class.
I could say "just playing a Cleric" is a fix to the Paladin. And you'd be better off than playing the standard pally (just like you are with this class).