Unpopular opinion but I think the balance changes are fine.

Severely lacking in creativity - yes (most of the buffs are slight damage or hp buffs which wont change any brawler's inherent problems) but they aren't nonsense like a lot of people are saying they are.

Darryl for instance has been top of the meta for months - and this is despite a couple nerfs to steel hoops. The way I see it they needed to do something drastic instead of nerfing it 0.5s at a time (its also been one of the best star powers since forever)

Honey Coat and Extra Life are still used over their brawler's respective SPs in practically every game mode - once again despite repeated nerfs. although in all honesty I think Supercell have worked themselves into a corner all these 'bandaid type' SPs - i think the base concept behind them is broken and needs a rework.

Otherwise: carl nerf good Mr. P nerf good (probably not enough) Leon buff makes sense but doesnt fix his issues

All in all the balance changes are ok: some good stuff, some poorly implemented stuff but nothing horrible imo