Should they remove positionals at this point?

[Brightamethyst]

Part of why I don't think dropping positionals as a mechanic would hurt anything is because we already watched something similar play out with another love it or hate it skill based mechanic. Cleric Stance.

I loved Cleric Stance. I thought it was a fun and interesting thing and was proud of my stance dancing skill, and was sad in pre-SB when I heard it was going away. Wouldn't healing be super boring without it? As it turns out, no. Not at all. As much as I liked the play style, the reality is that it's been a year and a half now and I honestly haven't missed the stance dance at all. Looking back and comparing I think the game is better off without Cleric Stance and I think the same would probably be true if they dropped (or downplayed) positionals.