For me, the issue is that Valve wanted to "fix" the "W+M1" problem, but did it in all the wrong ways. Making the flame do LESS damage is just going to ENCOURAGE W+M1 so that people can get the most damage out of their flamethrower while they're alive. If you have to chase someone, more than likely you are going to be holding down W and M1.

And how hard is it to do the very same as, say, a demoman? You don't even have to press W; all you have to do is press M1 and shoot grenades over walls and around corners and you're likely to damage someone. Is that ANY less "noobish" than a W+M1 pyro (you don't even really have to see what you're doing as a demo when you're just chucking your nades over a wall)? Or a soldier that pops in and out from behind the corner and just fires rockets down the hallway hoping to hit someone? Or a sniper with the huntsman doing something similar to the soldier mentioned previously?

They're all cheap tactics. So if you're going to nerf the pyro to make spamming less of an option, I suggest it be done on ALL spammer classes, not just the pyro.