Yeah some people went overboard with GS but it was always satisfying debuffing something you thought wasn't able to be debuffed, it made sense in situations like Ultima where you need to get your Citadel busted and swapping to a resistance set made life so much easier.

I don't mind the obscure mechanic of protecting certain rock piles and making sure no meteors hit the ground, but that seems they kind of force a certain strategy on you in the long run rather than letting players run wild.