If You Were A Class/Job Designer...

[winsock]

Felt like bumping this since this thread has picked up steam.

Currently, there are some offensive advantages to defiance. Your suggested changes make it completely inferior to grit/ShO (although I'm glad you now realized the HP would need to be reduced when disabled). Also, part of what makes WAR interesting is that you need to manage stacks prior to the stance change if you want mitigation after the stance change. Your suggestion takes the away, makes stack management less important, and ultimately the job a bit more stale.

What benefit are you trying to get by moving WAR's dps combo to the utility combo? It's not needed and also makes WAR's rotation more stale.

Why change existing combo break mechanics on WAR? Is there a reason other than homogenization?

Clemency as suggested is too powerful. Insta-heals are weighted more on cast time than potency. If you want it instant, consider lowering the initial heal by making it a HoT or remove it's ability to target party members.