Sacrificing Bonds for Divine Guardians

I don't have a lot of complaints about the new Divine Guardian feature It's a decent new feature with only a few small hiccups so far. But the thing I really don't like is how we have to sacrifice bonding stats when deploying heroes as Divine Guardians. I think the hero bonds should remain in tact just like they are when you have them set up as supports and vice-generals. What do you all think?