At first, when I read the title, I disagreed. However, after thinking about it, I'm somewhat convinced you are right. To be honest, before the nerf, everyone was dealing way too much damage. I don't think that was because of the damage nerf, however. That was because of those ridiculous forgotten bows. Now that those are gone, I would love pvp to go back to how it was, and I believe it would be much more balanced than it is now.

The only argument I can think of to keep this nerf is to say it's a step in the right direction which needs to be followed up by more steps in the right direction. However, I'm not sure this is the case. I will keep my mind open to hearing opinions, though, as I believe everyone (especially the devs) should.

Great post