SB Bard Changes: Good or Bad? Thoughts?

[HyoMinPark]

I am reserving full judgment until I reach level 70 (just recently hit 64 after finally making it to the level 63 dungeon in SB), but I am leaning towards being slightly dismayed with the changes.

Here are the things I do like:
--Stormbite and Caustic Bite timers: love that they're 30 seconds and sync up well with the songs, especially since sometimes I space out when I'm mashing Rain of Death during a large pull and forget to tab through and continuously refresh my old 18-second DoTs.
--Song utility: I really like that added effects that songs have, and I am working on figuring out the best way to prioritize them. I lean towards Mage's > Minuet > Army's at the moment for any solo fights, because of the Bloodletter procs, and how RNG-reliant Pitch Perfect and Rep stacks are (especially since I don't have my EA level 68 trait), and I always use Mage's as much as I can in duties with AOE pulls. After Mage's wears off, if mobs are still standing, I tend to opt for Army's if I have another AOE heavy DPS in the group to increase their speed, and because mobs are usually almost dead to where I wouldn't really get the full benefit out of Minuet/Pitch Perfect.
--Barrage crits: Only a fool wouldn't like the fact that Barrage now allows for crits.
--Pitch Perfect WHEN you get the full 3-stack potency: If I can get a nice crit on that, I feel super happy for some reason.

Now, here's the things I don't like:
--Song utility doesn't affect us: I don't know why the developers designed the songs in such a way to not directly affect us. At least 2.x/3.x Mage's and Army's directly affected us while in use, even if they did lower our damage by 10%. Perhaps that was the trade-off: no more damage penalty for the songs having no effects on us.
--Loss of my oGCDs: I don't like that they removed Blunt Arrow and the Damage from Repelling Shot. I used both frequently, weaving them in between my GCDs to squeeze out every ounce of damage that I could. Now, I have neither, and my rotation feels very bare and skeletal without them.
--Loss of Bloodletter/RoD procs (outside of Mage's): This is the change I hate the most, I think. I loved my Bloodletter procs. Loved loved loved them. Now, when I don't have Mage's up, I feel like all I do is spam Heavy Shot, occasionally get a Straighter Shot proc, Iron Jaws every 30 seconds, EA and Bloodletter/RoD every 15... I just dislike that I don't have much to weave in between my Heavy Shots in extended fights. Feels very bland to me, even with juggling songs. Makes BRD feel very...slow. (Also, I really hate the nerf in Bloodletter's potency... took away its ability to proc outside of Mage's AND reduced its potency? I hate that so much; it seems like such an unnecessary nerf, since Bloodletter still procs just as much as it used to, from what I've noticed...not any more or any less.)
--Loss of Flaming Arrow: I always used this on trash pulls. I miss it a lot.
--Loss of basically all of my buffs: I miss Internal Release, B4B, and Hawk's Eye. I miss how well all my buffs lined up with my skills, and how strong my burst felt when I would just unload everything during the first 20 seconds of a fight.

As for my regained mobility, I don't really care that much, as I still tend to just stand still most of the time (and I even catch myself repressing buttons when I do move, like I'm reacting to a cast being interrupted). I miss my cast times because I felt faster with them (if that makes sense), and I felt more powerful. While I don't have hard data or numbers because ACT is out of commission it seems, I feel weaker. And I don't necessarily like that.

Also, still not quite used to Iron Jaws and Empyreal Arrow not having cast times yet.

Again, I'm reserving full judgment for when I'm level 70, but I just feel... a little disheartened with BRD right now. Hopefully it gets better and feels better at 70.