The more I think about it, I think something needs to be done with our Stance line. The devs seem to think they are useful arts based on a comment Moorgard made the other day and I think we can all agree that Soldier's Stance, Dig In, and Fortified Stance are not worth the effort to cast.
The problem is their defense components do not stack with the "Call of" line and the AC they give is so minimal compared to the decrease in speed and offense.
The effects on these should be changed... perhaps add more AC or Spell Avoidance or Parry or agro or anything. Making the defense stack would probably be overpowering so other options should be persued. These are supposed to be class defining arts and no smart Guardian uses them.
Also, as far as the SBS goes... It is entirely useless... Not 1 class uses it. The Crown of King Tranix has a similar issue... Finally we get a hat with melee stats and its only available in very light armor form... So no caster will wear and if a tank wants to wear (even a monk), he will take a huge hit to his AC (200-300ish). I propose that we be able to hand in these items to an npc for an appropriate armor type reward... even if the returned item is slightly worse than the original. Granted some heritage quests give items only useful to certain classes, but these 2 quests give items useful to 0 classes and something should be done to remedy that.