Its just a design choice. I have definitely had to deal with the frustration of someone wanting to vibe getting increasingly angry over the munchkin player(s) (which led to an extension of the "If you ever try to grapple, you are buying the entire table drinks" to "if we have to reference a rule book, you are buying snacks for next week"). And it was definitely frustrating to try to balance those two experiences because one person could kill anything through a clever use of the rules for how throwing glass bottles work and the other was supposed to be a mighty Paladin but struggled against level appropriate challenges.

I am not going to say I like all the changes but... I have never liked all the changes. My point is more that NOBODY has ever liked all the changes and that is kind of the point of house rules and splatbooks.