With all the negativity around war let's talk about the best part of 4.0!

[whiskeybravo]

I'm not sure about fluidity but alot of people enjoyed actively switching tank stances in battle and it was not all about DPS. Stance dancing was a form of "Pushing it to the limit" for them to see just how far they could take it. Now that SE is actively punishing the stance dancing, people don't know if they should anymore. Losing half the beast gauge over and over again is a pretty hefty loss.

I.E., aggressive tanking.

It's fairly obvious that SE intended to decrease tank damage output. From the locking of accessories to removal of abilities like Internal Release to the changing of the damage formula itself. The addition of a "cost" for swapping stances is being perceived as punishment, but in reality it's congruent with the additional changes they made.

Additionally, the fact remains that it's possible to swap stances for no cost. That hasn't stopped anyone from complaining about it. Why is that?