i dont recall the change of lycan made it useless.
although shapeshift changes makes it less complex, but it also lose its unqueness which is sucks.
with shapeshift uniqueness druid could be a sponge tank or mdef tank (although losing dps).the crit boost was useless
they removed it but at least they add attribute to lycan to compensate it
so shapeshift is now merely only just for having fun changing appearance cause monster damage and skills mostly sucks (only some are good like that bunny speedster)
as to focus,
lycan wolf mode definitely garbo.noone ever use it anymore.
lycan awoo is the meta for matk cleric because the matk bonus is higher