I started a thread a few days ago on the general forums, in hopes of getting more visability.
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d3/t/crusader-suggestion-for-future-patches/8432
While we are not always in the same line of how to buff the crusader, we’re always striving towards the same end result.
One of the things we would not agree on is the build identity, what makes the build unique. Changing Sweep to not require multiple enemies to achieve maxiumum power, changing the invoker to to straight up aoe by just hitting with either punish (or slash depending on what route you go) or having Shield bash using only the shield cross rune (because I kinda got that you dislike the shield glare mechanic). All of this sort of leads to all build being more or less the same, from my perspective anyway.
Just some keynotes from my suggestion thread:
Fixing the SB bug is good , but we could go with out it for a while if the time to fix it would be so long. Until then we could buff the damage to atleast have some SB gameplay to run with. I still believe the damage portion of the bracers can be decoupled from the wrath return mechanic, thus giving some more versatility to rune choice. But, I also believe that you shouldn’t force shield cross on players if they dont want it, because currently it stacks per enemy hit, not a total of damage , meaning shield cross destroys the shield glare playstyle, which I like.
On sweep attack I suggested to add gathering sweep to denial, so you gain a gathering mechanic when attacking. Still keeping the aoe style of the build as a core. It defines how you always pull along enemies to always keep up your damage buff.
On invoker, I wanted to shift some damage around, essentially 6-piece now gives 3000% increased thorns (multiplicative with the 2-piece), also having punish or slash do 500% of your thorns as extra damage. Basically shifting the damage you you play the Akk6+inv2 combo, but a more refined version of it. It’s still as strong as it currently is, but enemies now are subjected to the aoe thorns damage (and the vo’tayias spiker shield), also items like sanguine bracers play a bigger role.
With akkhan, dont nerf condemn, just buff akkhan to 5000%, and buff blessed shield sligthly (akkhan’s leniency 35-40% > 50-60%), with it, both builds come closer to the 140 mark.
But, that are just my thoughts on it.