I'm sorry, but we are all playing WoW-clone MMO. In PVE, that automatically makes us "drones just going through the repetitive tasks". You argument could have been better places in 2.0 era, when there WERE different playstyles outside of pre-determined disciplines. However, you are 3 cycles late by now. Saying that utterly useless skill that barely does any damage and eats ******** of energy somehow forms "variety of playstiles" is simply stupid.
As for "Bioware destroying skills", the only time it really reached that magnitude was with Orbital Strike. Pretty much every other skill I can remember that got removed was either useless to begin with (Unload for vanguards), or got replaced by something just as good/ better (Sabotage charge for Scoundrels).