I strongly agree with this statement. I think its more ok for a melee weapon to be OP than a ranged weapon. If a melee weapon is being “too good” it still can only kill things in melee. If I want to participate more I can walk 3 feet away and have something to hit. But with the flamer if/when it was OP there’s nothing for me to do but wait.
Frankly, the more I think on the power sword the more I feel that a reversion of the nerfs is the right call. It is INCREDIBLY powerful. Definitely OP. But I’d rather the power sword be OP than just “good” and I’d rather we look at how to balance it some other way than making it crummier to use. I also think that un-powered attacks should be just given the powered attack effects. One thing we could do is get rid of or rework power cycler to be less powerful. Its probably the biggest issue with the power sword from a balance perspective.