I've only hopped on to check out my PLD so far, but even the skills removed from PLD made me scratch my head in confusion. It sounds like PLD got the hit the lightest with strange changes.

It feels/seems like they're removing the interaction between classes, making each one its own island. WoW did this several years ago and it's been hemorrhaging subs since. This is an Massive Multiplayer Online RPG, but the changes to the classes make it feel more like they're moving to a "Mostly Myself Online" RPG. That is a bad direction to move in. And yes, I know we've been able to solo effectively for ages, but the synergy classes had when grouped up is what made it shine. Seems that synergy is being chopped away.