I am late to this thread, and I hope I don't repeat something someone has said before.

Disclaimer: I hate WM. The play style change with WM is so abrupt, I stopped playing the game. I have about 100 days left in my subscription and I probably will not renew if BRD remains the same by then.

(SE seems hellbent on nailing people's feet to the ground when they are doing DPS. I won't be surprised if some updates later, there will be a boss that requires players to be in specific positions in order to damage it (Actually it kinda happened already. See Bismarck) ).

Mainly the problem with WM is the cast time - so what if we remove it?
When WM is in effect:
- No cast time on skills
- Auto attack is disabled
- EA and IJ remains locked behind WM
- When a player remains stationary for five seconds, he will gain 1 stack of "Steady Breathing". Can stack up to 4 stacks. Each stack will increase damage by 5%
- Stacks are lost on player movement

Think this may work?