Yeah my take on it is that if I didn't notice before it shouldn't be an issue now..
Though when I am on my SK or any melee alt that is tanking, I unsuspend and suspend mercs a lot more often to refresh the "Rampart/Armor of Vie" mitigation spells which dissapears after a set amount of damage...Sometimes every 5-6 mins or less depending on what I am doing.
Oh well, will just have to accept it as part of the cost of having cleric buffs available like a pocket cleric alt.