This is a really weird decision. Generally there seems to have been a bit too much focus on "balance" as if this is an MMO.
That's very wrong imo. Let the systems be and if there are exploits let us enjoy them too.
Doesn't make any sense for example if I have a group of super fast elves and I fight stone golems and one of them still gets to move and act before 3 of mine. It's just wrong and weird.