please return bloodbath to warrior

[Duelle]

Except that wasn't the point. Stance dancing is still very much a thing, it's just far more awkward.

Inconveniences (or awkwardness) in design are a way of discouraging behavior. The devs can't use the more harsh alternatives (like, say, dungeon and boss mobs deal double-damage crits on every hit when you're not in Defiance) because that would require them reworking damage formulas across the board.

Which would make sense as a change if majority opinion wasn't towards the reduction of stance switch penalties

Maybe I'm misreading, but you're saying that because a good portion of WARs got used to having no penalties for stance switching, the entire design should now cater to that instead of aiming for something that's balanced and respects the inherent limits (not to mention the point) of stances.