Hero class, waste of gold?

[The Cid]

Master peltast gets 25 more throwing wpf than the other heros.

And that 1 power throw, it's another 10% more throwing damage.

These stats seem to make little difference unless player is lucky enough to have twigs.  A lot of players including myself, seem to use craftable javs as they have 15 ammo and seem more accurate (head shots).