This is how I look at why a lot of pld's (and some wars) feel these changes are really excessive:
  • Enmity increases across the board (really?)
  • Mitigation in Vengeance
  • Mitigation in Inner Beast
  • Debuff/Mitigation on Storm's Path
  • Holmgang now a "Hallowed Ground" but better, with a lasso effect
  • Permanent convalescence on Defiance, stacks with convalescence > higher than pld's now

This doesn't even sound like a war anymore. This is a pld hybrid, spec'd for better damage. Do people realize that this can actually give wars better mitigation across the board than pld? Shield oath and defiance are, arguably, much more even with each other now with the permanent convalescene effect. You have a much more spammable mitigation tool in IB and vengeance together than what pld has in their kit thanks to all the 180 second CD's for pld's skills (one of which doesn't mitigate magic damage anyway).

*SNIP, b/c 1000 characters*