I don't play DRG aside from leveling it each expansion but I can imagine them turning DRG aoes into circles. SE logic: "War cone bad, old AST bad, Sam cone bad, not a circle? bad". It's sad because you know it isn't entirely impossible from prior experiences in this game.

As a former pre-ShB AST main (funny how they can't stop changing it so many years later), and from the general SAM discontent around these parts, I'd temper your expectations and assume it will not be an appreciated change.