Overly broad claims can run afoul of novelty and obviousness issues. How broad you can get allowed and enforced is entirely based of the uniqueness of the invention in relation to the prior art. In a sense the scale is binary - rejected or allowed.

Overly broad claims can run afoul of novelty and obviousness issues. How broad a claim you can get allowed and enforced is entirely based of the uniqueness of the invention in relation to the prior art. In a sense the scale is binary - rejected or allowed.