Oh man, thanks Shin. Forgot all about VS. I've had a hard time turning up evidence I could link to, but between the wizard epic/manarobe combo and VS kills, those are pretty wide-spread tactics that couldn't have happened otherwise.
And yes, I remember when bards casting spells stacked with everything. Bards all swinging with
Orb of Tishan on raid mobs. I didn't know it was ever fixed, haha.