They seem to be struggling to reconcile the power of the WOL with how the fact that if the WOL used half their power most conflicts would end before the story actually did anything and I think they are struggling to properly integrate that into the engine

This is one of the few things base DT actually did really well. Everyone knew that wuk Lamat wasn’t a direct threat, the true threat was the walking tactical nuke sitting behind her. Bakool ja ja, galool ja ja, sareel ja and calyx all immediately pointed out the WOL as the true threat (or guide in galool ja ja’s case)

I don’t think nerfing the WOL midgardsommr style is good because people didn’t like the WOL being sidelined, but maybe more active cutscene use to show that the WOL isn’t as invincible as they feel when they spend half the patch aura farming