Seeing as how some bishops love their ropes so much, I should totally round them all up and train them as my own personal rope acrobatic bishop circus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8aeQO-M7kM
i guess it all depends on your playing style. No one forces you to hang on a rope and if parties just wanna use you for that, leave them. After this patch theres no need to just hang on a rope, since you can still attack and support your party far better by running around, killing and (de)buffing. Its always your choice what you do. Thats my point of view, anyways.