I loved the mechanics but unless they overpowered (lol get it?) the self heal, we'd still be weaker tanks that require gear vs PLD straight mitigation cooldowns. We tanked stuff that PLD did, but required higher gear standards and that's not good.

Bloodbath, SP and IB would have needed massive buffs to be worthwhile.

However, SE made their choice and I still love my WAR. It's been my main the entire time and I'm not changing that.