Personally, I'm also a little frustrated by the change. Honestly it's weirder to me that this of all things bothered people about WAR when WAR is otherwise an almost problem free job. Brain off, helmet empty, mobs blenderized. And honestly if the cone bothered you I doubt you'd even notice the other stuff as problematic. The cone made pulling mobs easy as pie. Throw an axe, run past the mobs, Overpower as they converge on your previous position. It felt nicer than the agitation of trying to hit all the mobs with the smaller circle.