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* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', each expansion tends to start off with a single class being ridiculously overpowered. In early ''Wrath of the Lich King,'' this was the retribution paladin. At the moment{{when}}, it's the frost mage.

** Although it's useful to keep in mind that with ''[[World of Warcraft]]'s'' [[Unpleasable Fanbase]] "ridiculously overpowered" can mean anything from "maybe 5% better in an ideal situation that never happens" to a [[Million-to-One Chance]] at a one-hit kill once an hour, all the way to, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what a layman would expect of the phrase.]]

* While mesmers in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' are quite good in [[PvP]] where shutting down a single character very potent, they are generally unpopular in [[Player Versus Environment|PVE]] where it's much more usefull to kill entire groups while the tanks keep them busy. A recent change to the skill Panic that turned it into an area affect spell that shuts down whole groups by interupting all their abilities whenever one of them finishes an ability has somewhat fixed this.

* In ''[[EverQuest]] 2'':

* Every class in [[Team Fortress 2]] gets this one way or another, but two stand out:

** Pyro, due to the fact that Pyro is overpowered in casual play, but underpowered in competitive play - sadly, the very definition of a [[Scrub]] class. Recent updates have turned Pyro into less of a close-range beast and given it more of a support role, at least without the Backburner. [[Broken Base|This went]] [[Internet Backdraft|about as well]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|as can be expected.]]