melee dps buffs + bard nerf = cumulative effect too much?

[Viridiana]

. . . now tell me, do you still think they will have a "Guaranteed" spot in coil parties if they were to take out let's say, LNC cross skills? While it is true that they will still have their song, assuming they take out Invigorate / BFB (which is most likely to happen because PGL is the requirement for BRD quest), most of their uptime songs will be focused on TP song alone, taking out Foe Requiem and Ballad.

You realize they can take B4B from us while still leaving us Inv, right? Or, y'know, change the untraited form of B4B/IR to be weaker while leaving the traited form alone. Or any number of things that won't royally screw us in regards to TP. I understand that the nerf is only going to weaken our already sub-par dps, and that it's silly all around, but there's not enough evidence yet to say that it's going to be catastrophic. . .