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

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I definitely agree there is no hard reason that non combat spells are at the level their at, you just need to decide what magic in your setting is good at.

A simple example flight is far more common in a superhero settings than your typical sword and sorcery setting

generally when I am designing games I look and if their is a power everyone regardless of character concept is taking its probably to strong and if a power never gets taken its probably to weak.

I imagine it would not be hard to find a lot of d&d spells that are clearly unequal in utility, as many choices are simply Superior to others