He could clear out his range sure. So what?
I never saw him really doing it though. Is it his fault people had no idea how to fight him? Should he have sat back and let himself just get killed?

Perks are rewards for a player that does noticeable things. Tavlin would not have been rewarded if he had 0 RP, multi killed everyone in his range and full sacced them, of that I am positive.

The + con spell? Realy, you're bitching about that? It enhanced his power level pretty much 0%. He was a scion chancellor mummy. He had exactly 0 allies to count on outside his cabal. That none of his enemies killed him is irrelevant. Lots of people got the better of him, he just managed to escape. Sometimes.

Do you think the 3-61 no RP elf squire warrior should just get extra edges, maran status and a third legacy because he's getting his ass whipped reglarly and maybe with that he could win a few more PKs? Or do we accept that some people are better than others, be it in PK or RP and that those things might get them noticed. There are reasons they are called rewards.

Your chess analogy is not really on point. Is chess played against five people against one. You know what, if it were, I'd want a hell of a lot more than just one extra queen to try and do that.

Just stop griping.
Really, if you have a char that gets noticed/rewrded- do you pray and say hey Imm, remove that edge you gave me, I'm too strong already and you're just making me stronger!
What shifter says no, I don't want a quest form?
What warrior turns down a 3rd legacy?

The complaint, if there is a common underlying one at all, is just that these people didn't play the char that got rewarded. I've yet to see any player bitch about their own char being rewarded in any fashion. IF anything, it's the opposite, they bitch cause they don't get what they think they deserve. For a small Imm staff that can only see so much, to me, they do a pretty damn good job of keeping things even and in check across the PB.