All in all though, I'd ask the whiners to PLEASE WAIT and TEST the features before complaining it didn't "fix" anything. While this is not what I'd expect them to do, at first glance we can agree that something is at least attempted to be done.

Don't even waste your time telling me whatever argument you will invoke for believing this has fixed nothing until at least a bit later this week and some testing. I'll get back with my opinion on these changes once I've done some testing myself. Thank you very much.
You make a lot of great points. I really and truly hope that you are right, and after some testing and play time with the adjustments we can all say that SE nailed it or at the very least took steps in the right direction. I will gladly eat crow the first time someone actually asks me to come as a PLD over WAR. I think that's what us so called "whiners" are worried about.

In order for PLD to be useful it has to be the best tank for at least half the content in game. It has to excel at something. It's never going to be invited as a DD when WAR, MNK, DRG, and even BRD can out do it. It's never going to be invited as a healer/back up tank when WHM heals infinitely better. PLD is going to be invited because it is the best tank for the battle at hand. I love PLD, always have. I hope these changes are as great as they might prove to be after some testing. I look at the list of adjustments and don't see enough to turn PLD into the best tank for any battle. But like I said, I hope I'm wrong and I'll gladly eat crow the first time I'm asked to come PLD instead of WAR.