They nerfed bash/trip pre 25 because it was a bit too effective. They nerfed hardcore assassins, twice, moving around skills like third attack, throw, and such so they wouldn't be so deadly in low ranks. They nerfed the original conjis hard when they were op, heck, they even nerfed liches by making them age die and making Phylacs crumble.
But those things, pre nerf, never effected my play very much.
But.....
For years now, when I get to upper 20's with a character, I see if there is yet another tranny lvl sitter about. And if so, I'll either just log off when they are on, or try to find a time when they aren't to power lvl past them.
And it isn't butthurt, either, only one of them has ever killed one of my lvl ing characters, because I'm usually over careful....It is just that my desire to play rarely outweighs my desire to put up with a matchup like a tranny 9 lvl up on my lvl 29.
It just seems to me that, this is a class that could use some tweeking.
I wonder if it will ever happen.