Imagine yourself to be fighting a knight one-on-one using two different weapons. The combinations are amazing, especially when using different types of swords as they have different attack speeds and attack range. Then, suddenly someone with a 5-star bomb suddenly intervenes in that heat-of-a-battle. Such an unsightly moment would be too much for an enthusiast's eyes to bear. You didn't even have the chance to defeat both enemies by using your well-honed skill.

If you have used a 5-star bomb recently, you could see how many monsters it could capture through it's huge blast radius. That is why its used so much on player-versus-monster instances. Because it is one of the items that could keep up with the increasing difficulty that the creators produce for adventuring knights. Thus, you can consider it OP. But in PvP, it should have less of a blast radius because we aren't machines afterall. And, we care for fair-competition and those starry-eyed moments where single-skill exceeds numbers.

You are right.

If someone that is skilled enough to restrict the capture of a certain control point and make it exclusive to their party, then it would of course make them an "annoyance" for the opponent. People generally love to brag and seek approval from what they think in a moment in time, have given it their all. And, if you see someone that is skilled enough to be considered an "annoyance", and can still brag about it wittingly, it just makes you want to smile. "Blast You to smitherens like if any other Monday" is exactly what we want to help restrict. Because skill development is always a long journey, and many people give up in the slight hint of powerlessness. But some still do rise from those ashes, and when they do, we aim to reward them for having honed their skills through their perseverance by improving the game to its fullest potential. I am only doing my part by suggesting these balance changes that are already long overdue.

But in any case, you are helping. Because to describe what you have seen as "Blast You to smitherens like if any other Monday", would make me want to check it out for myself, if I were a moderator. In my experience of playing general Spiral Knights and lockdown from 2011-2012, I could say that when it comes to lockdown game-mode, winning 1vs2 is always acceptable, and that person can already be acknowledged as being good in the game. But in those times, UVs only existed through crafting a certain equipment repeatedly. Thus, "high" and "very high" UVs on bombs and guns were kept to a minimum. But times have changed, and UVs are now bought through crowns, and does not anymore rely on sheer hard-work on obtaining materials. Back then, knights don't even bother crafting guns for UVs because they know that bombs are more essential to defeat a level rapidly. And, in doing so, they are able to gain more materials from their investment. Rinse and Repeat. This is the same reason why I think that guns were left unchecked. High DPS guns like Arcana, didn't exist back then. Only, the Peacemaker existed with that kind of DPS, and it had a charge attack that looked so cool. That's the only reason why I wanted one. But times have certainly changed, as swords have decreased in damage output in light of easier UV acquisition. I still do certainly agree tho, that if those lowDPS-swing hits, you should still be saved through your UVed equipment. It leaves room for guns in the equation. But what I hope, is that the life-bars left upon getting hit with the 2-combination and 3-combination hits of the blade should only be 1-2bars. And, what is left is to be double-tapped by the beloved gun. When it comes to Spiral Knights, it really does come down to getting the damage being appropriately equivalent to speed.

It's not anyone's fault, we just keep playing to realize what we have, and what we are missing. But for me, I'm still looking forward to the day I play semi 1v3.

Check this video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu4U5JERQsk
@Bidoknight, you can skip to 3:57. It might be what changes your mind.