Then don't put points in it. I feel strong about one thing. It is impossible to properly balance a game and it can go from crazy easy to crazy hard if your team starts first or last. I think it is brilliant that they stagger it, like a game of chess. Much easier to balance, more reasonable over all.
Really?... 'Don't put points in it'? What happens if they nerf the rest of the stats so they do nothing as well? Don't put points in them either?
I agree a game like this can't ever (and shouldn't ever) be perfectly balanced, but clearly a main stat needs to do
something. Otherwise, why is it there? Might as well remove it, along with initiative.