AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?

[fuindordm]

If the PC doesn't spend any game time on collecting and tracking mistletoe, reduce all spell power by 50% assuming oak leaves or other improvised natural ingredients.
The PC is still casting 3rd level spells at level 3 and using one of the fastest XP tables in the game, so that spell power penalty is not exactly unfair.

 

[mixmastashizz]

If the PC doesn't spend any game time on collecting and tracking mistletoe, reduce all spell power by 50% assuming oak leaves or other improvised natural ingredients.
The PC is still casting 3rd level spells at level 3 and using one of the fastest XP tables in the game, so that spell power penalty is not exactly unfair.

I think there's a lot of things that in isolation seems unfair or unbalanced, but actually are reasonable when you consider the game holistically and in the lens of a long term campaign.