Holy shit... thank you all for your posts. The lols at the amount of bitching has been appreciated, I assure you.
I actually agree with the change, I think losing a small amount of aps, for 10 attack levels is pretty swell... Wish I could trade in my attacks/sec for attack levels... A previous post regarding Tidal and it's effectiveness is also something to be considered, and I to believe that's also a fair trade-off. I'd rather have a longer duration on it, than have the 66%.