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Offline keith.lamothe

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On Game Balance
« on: September 24, 2012, 08:35:19 am »
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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2012, 08:47:11 am »
Hahaha.  Haha...ha...

Wait, he's talking about us isn't he? :P
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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2012, 08:53:59 am »
And that is why I never bother getting too deep into balance discussions. I'm not knowledgeable enough to debate on the subject.
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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2012, 08:59:00 am »
Quote from: Wingflier on September 24, 2012, 08:47:11 am
Hahaha.  Haha...ha...

Wait, he's talking about us isn't he? :P
It would be rather pretentious for me to compare AIW's level of balance/polish with Chess ;)  Or even the theoretical limits of how well balanced a game like AIW could be, to a game that is about as close to symmetric as possible.

But yea, it did bring to mind a few times in AIW discussions where someone would just assert that unit X (or tactic Y or strategy Z) is OP or UP and brook no disagreement on the matter ;)  Thankfully it doesn't happen often, though, so this post was really just for the comedic value.

The mouseover text is particularly funny.
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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2012, 10:37:56 am »
Dear Devs,

Nerf Rock. Paper is perfectly balanced.

Sincerely,
Scissors
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Offline LaughingThesaurus

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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2012, 01:34:52 pm »
Quote from: madcow on September 24, 2012, 10:37:56 am
Dear Devs,

Nerf Rock. Paper is perfectly balanced.

Sincerely,
Scissors
If you imagine Rock Paper Scissors as a class-based FPS, I could absolutely see this happening.
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Offline Diazo

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Re: On Game Balance
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2012, 01:40:03 pm »
Ugh. Gah. No!

You just had to didn't you?

* Diazo has flashbacks to the World of Warcraft forums

Let's just not go there shall we?

(It was about the perfect example for this, especially when the 2v2 and 3v3 PvP arena started.....)

D.
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