I think the current changes aren't that bad. I find myself using them quite often. You hit form shift in between pulls in dungeons in order to keep stacks up, and for when you're doing mechanics and you're stuck in opo opo form and you won't have enough time to reapply greased lighting. Hit meditate during downtime, jumps, invulnerabilities etc. These skills weren't made to add to our dps. They're there to tweak those little things that use to bug us before the patch. It's not really that complicated, these moves aren't there to change anything, just to add a little extra if you can pull it off. If it's too much to handle during fights or you just don't think it does much, you can ignore it completely. It won't hurt you, but you're just missing out on these little things.