That is exactly why restrictions are made in the rules, to bring it toward balance... as much as possible.
So you're saying don't take Pandoras with magic on the first turn?
Don't complete quests for Titans?
Don't take Dragon Utopia either? Balance is a very ambiguous thing.
There is balance in VT.
But that is precisely why I play SoD more often, because besides balance, there should also be an element of luck, non-standard solutions, and paths of development, which (in my opinion) are lacking in the current version of VT with all its classes, leveling, and other things.