Ok - the Jokensoul nerf is justified, it never should have been released as it was.
But Every class besides NB got a sledgehammer. I honestly think the devs have no clue what they're doing at this point. The HOT changes are going to make several hardmodes virtually impossible (KA, RG) and will make guard a hard requirement in several 4 man hardmodes.
This entire issue stems from the devs "play you're own way" philosophy they put out to players... They've cultivated such an objectively "bad" playerbase that instead of having any kind of guide or tutorial to help them understand the game and its mechs, they've simply decided to punish good players for being.... good.
Well, know they're is going to be an even larger barrier for newer players getting into vet content. No one is going to let that 60-70k dps guy in because the ceiling has been lowered so much.
In multiple endgame discord i'm in, not 1 competent player has expressed satisfaction with these changes.