Halflings were already the best race. +1AC, +1with all weapons, +2 Dex, what's not to like? And they had the most powerful feat in the game, maxed, empowered dragonmarks.
I tried just about every combination with these. My main is now a Dragonmarked Halfling cleric/wiz. Of the many clerics I have built, he is far the best. This should be the standard cleric build. I love my Dragonmarked rogue/wiz with repeating xbow; he does so much healing, I get invited on quests that don't even have traps! My Dragonmarked evasion pally is another game-breaker.
These toons really should be nerfed, they are so powerful relative to many other builds that are out there.
Instead they made us even better? My evasion pally is a joke now with the extra, extra sneak attack damage.
I was into halflings before they hit the big-time. And now, just like every other band I hooked into first, I am afraid popularity will ruin them. Will the cool kids, the ones twinked out in Dragonscale armor and greensteel codpieces start playing halflings? In highschool when my favorite bands got popular, the cool kids made fun of me. I really hope the rich kids on my server don't realize that Halflings are where it's at.