There was a recent code change to combat which will quite possibly make people get hit more often. This change was technically a "bug" in combat that was fixed. Before, your chance to parry and do other defensive things was grossly inflated and bonuses were mis-applied. They have been corrected to what they should be, which results in fighter-types getting hit more often.
Note that a really experienced fighter will be able to be as good as they were before.
EDITED: Removed "this mostly affects newer combat-oriented characters." as that was untrue.