You don’t have to convince me, I agree but we do need those conduits for SL. You can tank as a paladin without them but it is more difficult as I have experienced in the SL beta. The experience of tanking without conduits is similar to BFA with no azerite armor buffs and no azerite amulet buffs or legion with no artifact weapon buffs.
The first buff we get from the Forge of Bonds, Pelegos soulbind is
Kyrian Prot Paladin Conduits (Pelagos)
Let Go of the Past
Using a spell or ability increases your Versatility by 1% for 10 sec. Using another spell or ability increases this amount by 1% when it is not a repeat of the previous spell or ability. Stacking to 5%.
Up to a 5% versatility buff from Divine Toll and 4 other abilities. It does work and it helps a lot.