[Autumn]

Making somebody's build feel useless if they're not using a nihilist for just your race is not okay in my book, especially due to single elemental builds being the norm now, I have a character who is a water mage simply because that's their theme, and most water mages are using two equips, not one, Hell I'd even argue that an accessory that gives general boost to stats and then specifically gives Selachii the absorb to their passive would be better than it being innate.

So it is okay to have builds that completely shut down a gunner or a incantation-heavy user or whatever else, but 'muh water damage build' is a big enough issue not give absorb to a race that lives in your element?

Nah. Absorb is the fairest racial they have.

I haven't even expressed my concern for the other abilities yet, what makes you think that?