If you think about it, they really could remove the 70-90 tactics requirement for special moves, it would bring sooo many more templates back.
same with allowing casters to toggle special moves while casting or holding spells.
the main things that were too good back in them days, are people with Deathstrike hitting for 54-60 (with only ninjitsu), it now requires Hiding & Stealth for it to hit that hard anymore. *still wont bring back my ninja-mage w/mage wep bow

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Evasion spam, there is a cooldown on evasion now so mages won't be immortal til disarmed anymore.
Tank/bokuto mage's of all types will come back, you can now trap-box out of nerve strike, so bokuto mages wouldn't be as OP as they once were but still good because of the damage output.
it was just more fun when there was more of a variety to choose from.
I too know alot of people who quit shortly after this publish hit, it ruined most of peoples pvp chars. (including some of mine, but I've adapted)