I'm still on the fence between BrM and Bear but am really trying to work on understanding and using my abilities effectively in the prepatch. I really miss Guard and think they could have renamed Guard to some brew that does the same thing to fit the "class fantasy", but I don't feel like the changes they made make me feels like any more or less of a drunken brawler.
Either way, I don't hate the way we play now but it's taking some getting used to after not playing since BRF.