Well, they stayed on the chair. Let Menti finish writing.
You deal as much damage with one attack as a warrior with a two-handed weapon. And at the same time, you ignore armor, have more than twice the accuracy, better speed, parrying, and a better AoE attack. This is not a "normal balance." You have a branch that incorporates all the strengths of standard weapon styles (all three), while also improving some of their aspects.
Because you used them as cannon fodder for puzzles, opening doors, and disarming traps.
And in any case, purely in terms of role-playing, killing the emperor, the evil and powerful mage who terrorized the entire empire in the past, is an achievement, in my opinion. Especially considering that even winning a duel against the frail Japanese girl gave you experience points.
I understand that Reven has probably already planned everything and the discussion is pointless, but just... /