Right now the only way to not become an overpowered godmode destroyer would be to purposefully heavily gimp yourself in attributes, abilities, talents, and skills.
People want the game to be challenging regardless of how they play it, and they don't want to feel like they're making the wrong choice. How do you make people feel like they're making the wrong choice? Make one thing obviously better than another thing.
They want freedom that doesn't nag at them and they want the game to challenge them, not the other way around.
