Is the nerf justified and is it too much? How does this change the dynamic, is Joan of arc useless now as a secondary commander?

It was justified, no not for normal Joan users, but for those that used her in a meta way (infantry army + defense infantry spec commander combo), that would result in outlier crazy heavy defense.

The sad thing here is that most of the playerbase probably didn't yet use her that way. Keyword 'yet', stuff like this can spread fast. So many of you haven't even experienced the reason behind this nerf (yet).

And then there's the irony of the compensation. We get a talent tree reset. Which isn't really that useful for all of us who already specced her as gatherer.

The nerf itself is very rigorous for normal users, but probably actually needed to counter the defense meta strategy, it was that powerful.

Joan will still be a viable defensive second commander, just not nearly the greatness she is now. Her active first skill, in particular in PvP with multiple armies or in challenges, is great. And her 3rd skill is still a heal. Her 4th skill did lose a lot of value now, but it's a bit of extra damage that's never lost either.

So yeah, this is a needlessly rigorous nerf for most players, with a shitty compensation. And I am not pleased at all. But it's not the end of Joan or the world.

We need free sculpture and star reset...not talent tree.