The issue is not that Medium is a jack of all trades that’s overpowered at every single thing. The issue is that Medium is a jack of all trades that’s good enough at every single thing.
Light and Heavy are far more sharply focused classes. What I mean by this is they have significant advantages in return for significant disadvantages. For instance:
- Light has high DPS and mobility, but dies from being looked at, which FORCES Lights to take flanks or ambushes because that’s literally the only way they can ever kill a competent enemy.
- Heavy has the highest HP, a lot of defensive tools, a lot of CC, etc. But they’re the slowest, HP takes a long time to begin regenerating, etc.
Basically, it’s like a “Which would you rather pick?”
- A class that’s a 10/10 in some things, a 0/10 in some other things, and 5/10 in other things
- A class that’s a 8/10 in every single thing (and still a 10/10 in their own specialty)
Medium is that second answer. They are the only class with the ability to revive allies non-manually, and they were the only class able to heal. Defib alone makes them a 10/10 in team support. And they’re also good enough at everything without the harsh downsides of either of the other two classes.
Do you see the issue?