Quote Originally Posted by IdowhatIwant View Post
Personally I preferred the older versions of most of the classes.
And this is what the entire argument boils down to ... personal preference.

Tanks were not designed to move in and out of Tank Stance, players found a way to make it work and called it 'complexity'.

Healers were not designed to move in and out of Cleric Stance, players found a way to make it work and called it 'complexity'

Some people really enjoyed that unintended style of play. Others did not. The people who enjoyed it look nostalgically on the heydey of those classes, mostly those who played Heavensward when the expansion came out.

The problem is that only a small number of players can actually pull off that kind of 'complexity'. The rest reverted to DPS, since 'pew-pew' is relatively uncomplicated. The complicated playstyle many veterans on the forums fondly recall became less complicated because of changes to the tank and healer classes to encourage DPS players to work on those sorts of jobs.

What all of that has to do with Solo Friendly trusts is anyone's guess.

I will point out that SE has stats on how many people leveled alts through Trusts in Shadowbringers and came to some conclusions about its utility that inevitably led to its current direction. This includes many posts on these very forums about how it should be used to replace the MSQ roulette.