No doubt about it. Any tool you can name that's versatile and can be used in a lot of different situations won't be ideal for applications at each end of the spectrum.
Well said.
On an all-purpose big game rifle a 6x will do everything it needs to do “well enough” even if a relatively few things perfectly.
Life is about trade offs.
The fact that this Gen Xer can run counter to Cumminscowboy makes it almost perfect. Icing on the cake...