I don't actually think SE specifically set out to make any job more difficult. I think they set out to make it more interesting. Whether it turned out that way or not is up for debate. Personally, I love BLM. It's it perfect? No, but I still enjoy it. I've loved BLM since the beginning, and I also can completely understand the frustration of those who feel the class is completely different now. I get it.

As far as problems with the class itself......oh boy. I mostly disagree. There are a few minor QoL changes I'd like to see. And I mean minor. Something like extending AF/UI timers 3 seconds. This could fix so many problems. Making scathe a bit more useful like maybe give a % proc to extend enochian a few seconds. There are many different suggestions I've seen that would be cool, but as far as fundamentally changing it, no way.