It is a PvE game that is also story-based and, compared to today's standard games, extremely unfriendly to beginners.

I am familiar with DnD, and as I have read here, so are some others. Of course, we use things to their limit, but an average player certainly wouldn’t run to the merchant after every long rest to buy new strength potions or create an extra NPC dedicated to alchemy.

These are all things power gamers do, and you need to engage deeply with the game for that, which only enthusiasts do.

All the discussions about something being too powerful are dumb. Is it too powerful for you? Yes! Then just don’t use it if it bothers you.