So from what you told me, calling user.getPermissionValue should first check user/group for permission then if not found fallback to default subject. This does not seem to be working and is forcing me to check the default subject manually like I was originally. Is this still the case?

https://github.com/MinecraftPortCentral/GriefPrevention/blob/master/src/me/ryanhamshire/griefprevention/GPPermissionHandler.java#L103