It seems like SE didn't like the way SMNs were playing the job.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...3ma/?context=3

It honestly reminds me of this.

It's well worth remembering that Yoshi P has defended the original 2.0 warrior by saying that perhaps the players weren't playing the class the way it was intended to be™. Damn straight, the way players played warrior in 2.0 was to equip the paladin soulstone instead.