[WaifuApple]

If it's outdated, you seek an update to bring it back into the limelight. Personally I don't like the idea of balancing it with the idea of the current meta in mind. This "meta" changes far too often with the few constants that remain skirting along the lines of balance - often times the meta stuff is the overtuned stuff. The focus of improving them should be an all-around to bring them into further use regardless of what's currently popular / broken / whatever else.

They could stand to gain from their race being more than just flavour. Rising up only to be wiped down quickly after makes the racial as it is... rather eh. I could support not bestowing the momentum penalty upon them so they can actually do more until they get bursted down. It would be a pretty large advantage for them over just playing a different race with die hard since at current it is just that trait glorified.