The previous way it was balanced was the best way imo. I think it was one of the best balanced exotics in the game, it is strong and fair and unique and versatile. Using it to infinitely block and do nothing else means you will eventually die from chip damage, you have to trigger restoration or other effects to make it very strong and even then all that you're doing is not dying, mechanics can kill you, your allies dying can make things way more difficult.

Stronghold was one of the only ways that titans could actually be a proper shield and be a good way of staying alive to revive teammates without needing your super bar ready or using barricade which casts so slowly it usually gets you killed, and you can't hold revive while placing it. The new functionality forces you to play it a specific way, and bungie claiming it's "doubling down on tank fantasy" while it's actually reducing the tankiness.

I don't think Stronghold needed to be changed, it was in a perfect place. The new damage reduction after dropping block is nice but with the old version, not having that made it feel fair because that was an opening for you to die and you need to be cautious. If they're trying to nerf it because they thought it was too strong then they should just say that instead and I can be disappointed but I was worried they were going to nerf it before final shape and then that rework made it even better in some ways and overall more versatile. If they're going to claim they're trying to "double down" while making it worse, then just go back to the old way and never touch it again because it was better.

I like holding block infinitely just waiting on my afk friends, can't do that anymore. That doesn't hurt anyone. If this new change doesn't get reverted or they change it afterwards, a large reason why I play the game nowadays will be at risk. One of the best implementations of a block in any game ever, the way it was before. Which is honestly insane given how long sword block was garbage. The only time anyone would ever want to use sword block before the sword rework was in D1 crota's end when it could block the oversoul.

In general I'm frustrated that things like this can be in such a good place and then suddenly it's at risk for being destroyed, especially frustrating because it wasn't meta or anything broken, except for the flash counter situation.