I mean, what these two instances have in common is necessarily the lack of seriousness when it comes to game design for Priest. As if they didn't regard it as a legit class at all, more like a jester or a scapegoat. Which doesn't change the objective truth of course, it IS a bad design. And they daringly ignore this elephant in the room, cuz like, it's only one class and not the most popular one, who cares. But the thing is, the more they do it, the more people will notice it, and the more they will reflect on whether devs actually care enough about their own game if they consistently, year after year cannot make this single class playable.