Well, all I can say is that we must be playing different games and one of us ended up on this forum by mistake.
Look, I'm not here to tell anyone how this game should be played or what mechanics the devs should or shouldn't embrace. All I can say is what I said earlier. I've been down this road before. Sure, some players would like it, some wouldn't, and a lot of them I'm sure wouldn't care one way or the other. I guess I've just had my fill of change after this season and the last. Maybe if you'd run this up the pole after a good season update then you would have found me more receptive. Maybe not. Who can say?
Don't know who Thordan Smash is. I know who Watson is, but I don't watch streamers or rely on anyone else for my opinions. Perfectly capable of forming them on my own as I'm over the age of 30.
I would be curious to hear more on the subject of "what people loved about Titanfall" as I never played it. But I've only heard good things, so I'm all for borrowing from it if there's something worthwhile to be borrowed.