Late thoughts on Taric rework

As a person who enjoyed Taric immensely previously, I just wanted to say that I now hate playing as him and have pretty much stopped entirely. He just doesn't feel nearly the same playstyle. He's got more of a team effort kit now I know, and is probably easier to balance. But he's not fun for me anymore. Analyzing myself it seems like it's because he doesn't support an aggressive playstyle as well anymore, although I am not high ranked so I'm probably wrong about that anyway. No damage, and his new passive which supposedly makes up for it doesn't really do anything for me early it seems due to severe mana issues. Just kind of rambling, wondering if anybody else feels similarly. Thanks for your time!