Blowpipe was uber op and broke the mechanic of weapon/style switching

Because BA has an additive damage buff and not multiplicative, it made the speed of the blowpipe even more broken. That combined with its distance attack made it far and away the best weapon even if you used bronze darts.

If you're going to criticize a balancing change at least use some sense. Not just "it made the minigame more fun". Which in this case I think means "braindead as the drunken dwarf".