Yeah, you clearly have not played old Symmetra.
Her old barrier was a pretty good ability. Of course it doesn’t block as much as her current ULTIMATE version of it. But you could still block Shatters, D.Va bombs, Pharah Ults, McCree ults, force snipers to move, use it to push in.
I knew you would come back saying that most of her kit is still there, but no, if you change how everything about something work, it’s not there anymore, even if it’s still called the same.
That’s like making Genji wield his sword as primary and give him shurikens as ult. Nothing lost, everything still there.
I’m not even arguing that old Symmetra was an amazing character. But I have put tons of hours into old Sym and new Sym, played both a lot and like both.
But fact is, nothing about Syms predicament of being considered a troll pick changed, except she is in a different role now.