The only way I would say they're broken is they make an active skill entirely pointless to morph/slot.
@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver "Don't count on others for help. In the end each of us is in this alone. The survivors are those who know how to look out for themselves."
With the soft cap removal the talons are not useful anymore. People roll dodge non-stop, if they dont roll dodge they play ranged with BE.
Urgh... My magicka NB would say differently... Last night a dude used talons on me non-stop for about 30 seconds despite me attempting to roll, pot, cloak... Very frustrating