I think the people (myself included) are so inclined to stances comes partly from other jobs we play AND the power they offer. While the flexability is nice, having a stance is a powerful thing, and it has its own built in limiting and balancing factor being that the ability MUST be active for full rewards. In that sense i see a lot of rdms wanting the "Melee" stance so that we can be given impressive and otherwise broken buffs to melee, and nobody can cry broken because we need to shed them if we wish to switch back into the mage based stance. I like the flexability, but in many cases im not required, nor given the need (or chance) to have to swap roles instantly and then back more frequently than every 2-3 minutes. Just my thoughts.