I guess maybe I found a sweet spot where the amount of procs I lost simply ate away at a large percentage of my wasted procs. And I meant what I said, I can't feel the difference. There are so many targets to play around with in the majority of these fights; if you're playing correctly you'll be spamming starsurges just like before, only the Shooting Stars timer won't be refreshing every .5 seconds.
So, no, hardly delusional. I guess perhaps RNG has simply managed to screw you harder than me.