[Penguin]

me watching someone drop a wall of how their ridiculous unarmed ability beat my ass punching me 300 times a second from across the entire rpb box literally like a jojo combo, "check this uppercut" me into the treeline decimating me with their unarmed prowess and skill

because they took a 20 rpp dip into unarmed

(openers can be decent, but they shouldn't be the best ability in the tree. this is the same sentiment i share with other trees like mist, too, before you try to one up me)

That's also true, they shouldn't be the best ability on the tree! But the rule is not that they are bad. Some are just niche and have their use in specific builds.