Chaps
I'll be honest, the issue of the reduced V1 was never really a problem for me. What was bothering me was the reduction in Vr. We're only talking about 2kts or so and at those speeds and rates of acceleration, does it honestly make that much of a difference? Having gone past V1, you're going anyway and it seems strange to me to then reduce Vr. Surely it would make more sense to keep it as the 0 wind to give you that extra 'boost'.
(I realise this is probably just me being a bit thick - it's been a long night re-writing the MEL).