It's not about being too powerful through. It's about doing the relative proportionate damage. I'd be fine right now at 95 if an astral flow blood pact does 3 to 3.5k of unresisted damage to a regular mob that's weak to it. 2k to 2.5k at the most against NMs weak to the element of the per astral flow blood pact. When you consider the average damage (I don't have the math on this. >< Can refer to others for it.) on average blood pacts, it's not to much to ask for them to do at least 500 - 1k more damage over average blood pacts with out consideration of blood boon. I shouldn't be doing 2.6k average with a merit blood pact and 1.5k with an astral flow.

On to that, I some what agree. I don't mind having 3 minutes to control avatars like Odin under astral flow vs just one use per 2hrs (or less with COR 2hr, revits, or ISL in abyssea). Honestly, if he could prove his worth over other avatars, I wouldn't care if we couldn't even control his actions directly with a set AI. Go in, trample stuff, use one or two blood pacts then finish with the two hour ability if he's uncontested some what like the espers in FFXI. That would make him unique enough in his own right. Of course, that would never happen. Apparently Odin is useful some where, according to the Rep. I guess it comes down to figuring out where.