I think what a lot of people are looking for is PLD to be able to stance dance like WAR and DRK. While a lot of people look at that as a QoL change, others can look at it as a balance or play style change.

I personally think SE is molding their Tanks to be intentionally different because all of the jobs were so painfully redundant in 2.0 . There really isn't a point to having PLD, WAR, and DRK if they are all basically the same. I want PLDs to be different than WARs and I want DRK to be different than both of them.

Being able to beat someone with my shield as often as it procs really makes me feel like a part of PLD has been put in place to fit what I expect out of a PLD. It also adds offensive value to Bulwark and Sheltron, which is a very nice change.