I do want more skills, but I disagree with a lot of OP's points.

Truth be told, I much prefer the current CC game more than HW's. There's less stun locking flying around but CC is also in play more often. I feel like it has also made the classes that do have access to the various CC abilities more important I guess.

I also remember the old pvp being similarly predictable, probably because of the reliance on pve skills and their really long cooldowns. I played mch back then and I remember raging strikes and ricochet being a big thing for burst.

And I just don't like the idea of being able to pretty much carry a team solo, at least not past the really, really early ranks.