Well i adapted it, but with great sword for example you’ve been able to charge into a mob and combo through them. That was always the benefit of the weapon, slow but able to hit multiple targets, and i loved it.
But if you don’t have agility maxed out or at least a few points in grit it’s not possible anymore, especially with the removal (or reduction to be precise) of hyper armor.
Now even two enemies can stagger you like crazy. The weapon is just useless now. Even if you use roll attack doesn’t help, because it’s a slow weapon that takes time to get going.

Against stronger npc‘s like nordheimers, forgotten tribe or volcano thralls it’s really horrific. They deal more damage than the undead monstrosity in the unnamed city, and that’s a 3 skull boss creature.
The nonsensical balancing and removal of hyper armor changed the gameplay for the worse i think.

Long story short, i could live with the stamina changes, but the removal of hyper armor makes slower weapons a pain to use. That’s really sad in my humble opinion.