Lol Someone else brought up CC after armor is gone and I know I've discussed it at length in another thread, but just so it's restated here while we throw ideas around:

Leave the armor system intact but change the defensive abilities back to the EE ones. Also bring block chance back to shields and add stuff like the old shield skills back in.

I have some other odds and ends I could comment on but I'd rather let my brain rest instead of discussing multiple points concerning balance at once at the moment. The others raised some very good points and ideas above though.