Thinking E6. Are a LOT of SRD spells over-leveled? Am I being an idiot?

[Yora]

So 2nd level spells should be something special. If a spell doesn't tell the townsfolk "Wow, our Twilight Sparkle is a good wizard, but this Great And Powerful Trixie is AMAZING"--it's not a second level spell.

That's only one interpretation of E6 magic. It's equally as viable to say that in E6, no mortal magic is really that special. I think that's one approach that makes E6 appeal to a great number of people the way it does.