Taken in isolation, DRift would probably be on the stronger side for gate 1, but its also somewhat relative. The game is balanced around fully opened talent trees (max level) and the talent trees themselves are probably balanced holistically. If Blizz’s intent is for DRift to be taken often (or effectively all the time or whatever RE their alpha blue post) then placing it square in the middle near the start of gate 2 helps fuether that. So what then is placing it higher unbalancing? Twink PvP? Yes taking it would be a “no brainer,” but if it replaces a baselined RoF you have no choice but to take it. The real issue is whether they would make RoF baseline (they should).