It's a good start, the Beast Gauge swap was a thousand times more punishing for a WAR than the Oath gauge drop was for a PLD. >.> I remain undecided about Shake it off until I see the actual changes to it.
With the ability to freely stance dance swap I feel WAR will go back to my go-to tank, their are still some major issues that need to be addressed. Onslaught is still worthless and Internal Release will still be clunky... but stance switching no longer halfing beastgauge> A useful Onslaught and less clunky internal release IMO.
I mean you're spot on on the WAR thing. Keep in mind PLD is also having Holy Spirit potency nerf.
Also hope we see an end to the 270 STR accessories with them adding STR to fending.