Not everyone has Zombie to start, so if you take it at level 1 and no one else does, you're more a liability than anything else.

Demon is fine specifically because it gets your resist max up high enough to at least perfectly negate fire, if not heal from it (Since it increases the cap.)

And those threads are nice and all, but most of us here arent' game designers.

If any changes are made in the full release, great! Otherwise just hope for modders or learn to mod.

As is, the talents are fine for current balance, though not 'great'.