These nerfs were done to his PVE when he was already not a good PVE class because of his slow nature. He was however usable in Oluns groups because of the single-target nature of that spot. I do not understand how that was an issue when succession striker since inception was and always has been the king of PVE there. Let there be some diversity in your game PA.
Succ Sage is literally meme tier right now ever since the 22 Dec 2021 changes