With Vindi, Ranger, Warrior you have a good time atm, Mesmer got a little bit better but in comparision to the first 2 feels not good. Didn't test Guard, Engi, Cata until now.
The problem is, when you block all player for at least one of the reasons mentioned in the first post, you have to block 99% of pvp player and never get a match yourself.
Tempest is a pretty potent support currently. Cata is a strong sider. Weaver not much behind but with less teamfight potential. Ele is not near to be in a bad spot.
I would change it into a daze instead a stun, makes it less oppressive.
You will be happy in GW2. Every class has so many builds and elite specialisations not in Meta, you can play any class and be far away from Meta (counts for all gamemodes).
I bet Boyce has no problem to reach legend with Bladesworn in its current state, most likely not even after upcoming nerfs. Ranking performance of specs isn't rly a good indicator of balance anymore, too many rigged stuff is happening and population too low. Doesn't mean i disagree about bladesworn having bad mechanics but i would not use ranked as a point.
I don't think it was a good idea. It's one main feature of the untamed elite that ppl can but also have to time their pet skills themself. I really dislike the change.