Ya, looks like that.
At least if they left the STR component in, or added it to another buff, then the soloers and some groupers wouldn't get the double shaft. Since Reaver is one of the most popular abilities for soloers and groupers, that's a double hit at face value. I wonder how much difference the dammage output/kill time/survivability changed with the removal of the STR (and associated loss of some power) vs the addition of the spell dammage (however small the amounts on a spell by spell basis).
On a diff note, the most frequent complaints/ comments on almost all the fighter class forums come from tanks wanting to raid (of all classes) and not being able to...pretty well known and long standing issue. Not sure if this is enough help or not, but it's a step in the right direction for that.
SKs are also well known for, and believed to be, beasts in groups and soloing. I am kinda dissapointed that one positive aspect was weakened, to strenghten the other though. There were a fair amount of posts by SKs on diff forums seeming to understand the nerfage of Reaver, believing we were overpowered with it, but the double whammy is perhaps a bit much. No real comment on that from me though, I never took that ability...but don't like to see any aspect of our class weakened, even if it strenghtens another).