Ive played hundreds of games in my lifetime. Most of them were patched, most often more than once, most often nerfing an overlooked OP strategy inside the game mechanics. If someone knows paradox games (not RPG) he knows what I mean.
Already at the beginning of these discussions many years ago I found the utterly useless. For 3 very simple reasons: 1) They change nothing 2) They are completely predictable 3) Varied players normally donエt have any problems dealing with specific strategy cuts or balance adjustments, only the 1 World Wonder players do. As these normally donエt cointribute to balance and game content anyway, let them brag and move on
If I dislike a game or a game patch, I shelve the game. If that happens predictably I shelve the company for my buys, case closed.
And btw - I had a few days ago started a second campaign with the explicite target to aim for 100% immunities. But as I had learned crowd control in the meantime (RPGs are new for me) I did not even notice the soft cap before hitting the boards as I my characters really rarely get hit past the Luculla forest.