It’s also a bummer for the rumbler build. It just ruins that build by making it cost one more point. Now you have to pick between high value talents that you could previously all just barely grab.
I get the LOGIC behind the change but in reality it changes nothing except makes certain builds more expensive. Who the hell ever complained that “big boom is in the way” anyway? Such a silly reason to effectively make rumbler and grenade glove setups cost another point. Not like those were strong to begin with.
Prime example of overthinking balance imo. The change tried to make the tree make more sense adhering to a logic that doesn’t actually have relevance in build making, and so the builds that actually use that talent are worse now.
Oh, and it also locks you into using PBB if you want big boom. Goodbye, fun power maul interaction!