In a way, this is the same kind of thing that happened to hybrids. They gave them an experience penalty because they thought their soloing capabilities were too powerful. In a similar way, they thought that AUTO-defend pets are too powerful. Maybe not so much in terms of their stats, but in the many potential circumstances that one can 'dream' up. If you're paranoid, like a developer, you dream...
In both cases, there's a subjective feeling of dread. It's not concrete fact. This makes it shaky ground.
Same thing happens in real world matters. When concrete facts aren't available, we tend to invent goblins and ghosts and little hitlers. In the absence of true knowledge, our innermost fears come out.
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