Well, ir's obviously not balanced for vanilla. But I had talked to the quite a while ago now. And they did try to walk a fine balance of being useful and fun, but not too over the top. They apply limitations where it makes sense for them.
Especially since there is PvP.

If you liked Hex Casting, or even Psi. This should be right up your alley. It's also less tedious than either of them I would say.