Point is, we just don't know. It's easy to suggest it's badly ballanced, but if it's exactly as they intended then it's actually balanced perfectly. Something doesn't need to be removed from the game just because "someone" can't see themselves ever using it (if that were the case "Lone Wolf" would be gone). Personally, I support the change from the previous ratio as I felt it made too many talents obsolete (as did everyone, really).
Maybe it was what the developers intended. But hey, they themselves have said that feedback from the community was a great help for improving D:OS, so they don't always have the right answers themselves. Even if they don't act on it, there's no harm in giving feedback and alternate ideas.
Sure, in vanilla the trade was overpowered and changing it wasn't a terrible idea. But if it was to be brought down to a 1:3 ratio (instead of 1:1), it would provide a benefit equal to that of the Talents which were obsolete in vanilla, meaning there is no longer a point in saving that point to trade instead of taking them, while providing much more flexibility than a 1:1 ratio.
