As others have already pointed out, if the GM did this before you made your character, he could have leaned you away from that by simply saying it would be a bad idea. BUT if he did it after, then he is being a bad GM.
I think the way you made your character was awesome. All these individuals telling you that you need to "balance" your character may have lost touch with what roleplay is really about.
This isn't an MMO.
