Doesn't explain why the animation had to be removed. Heck, you could as easily just made Wide Volley the Quick Nock trait -- at over 12 yalms from the target, you can still use Quick Nock, but it consumes 20 more TP.
I still think Wide Volley should have just been scrapped entirely when they did the Bloodletter/RoD changes and replaced with a skill that actually had some use.

I am sad about Scourge though, it's a nice DoT and anim.