Players in general dislike change, and reworks will always be controversial.

The bigger question to ask is what has been removed. PLD has consistently had by far the most bloated action counts out of any tank, as a relic of the Stormblood rework. The reason why PLD has one less 'personal' defensive ability than the other tanks (from the set of Camo/Thrill/DM) is because it has one extra raidwide defensive with PoA. There's mention in the Famitsu article about trigger conditions being a problem with PLD. This makes me wonder if Bulwark is going to replace DV with PoA taking over as the job specific raidwide defensive.

I also wonder what's going to become of the lifesteal on Holy Spirit, now that you'll have one after every combo. It'll be interesting to see if the bonus cast is interchangeable with Clemency.