I was somewhat expecting a removal in positionals myself, but more in an attempt to ease things up for the devs. There have already been numerous occasions where the team realized enforcing positional requirements would be impossible or too great a DPS loss that they simply removed them, so I took that as an indication they were making steps towards getting rid of them.

That said, I understand you gotta give jobs some variation, so it may take another overhaul before they decide on something to replace that mechanic.