06-20-2003, 09:10 AM
After having played Diablo, Hellfire, Diablo 2 and Lord of Destruction, I come to the conclusion that all games are not balanced perfectly.
Some character classes are always stronger / weaker than others.
Question is: Is it possible and also desirable to balance 3 / 5 / 7 character classes perfectly in a game like Diablo?
It's interesting, because I think many players don't even want to play the strong characters and kind of like the 'underdog' characters.
Especially in here, in the lurkerlounge, there's a general considering of cookie-cutters = cheesy prevalent.
Perhaps it would also take the spice out of the game when every character class is equaly difficult to play?
I mean, perhaps the whole whining like 'barbs are way to strong!' and 'character class X needs better skills' is particularly completely pathetic because balancing this would make the game boring, and first of all these whiners would stop playing it...
Just a thought. People that want to play the game won't stop to do so if their character class is a little weaker than others.
Let the ladder runners run and the cookie-cutters cut.
My 2 cents.
Greetings, Fragbait
Some character classes are always stronger / weaker than others.
Question is: Is it possible and also desirable to balance 3 / 5 / 7 character classes perfectly in a game like Diablo?
It's interesting, because I think many players don't even want to play the strong characters and kind of like the 'underdog' characters.
Especially in here, in the lurkerlounge, there's a general considering of cookie-cutters = cheesy prevalent.
Perhaps it would also take the spice out of the game when every character class is equaly difficult to play?
I mean, perhaps the whole whining like 'barbs are way to strong!' and 'character class X needs better skills' is particularly completely pathetic because balancing this would make the game boring, and first of all these whiners would stop playing it...
Just a thought. People that want to play the game won't stop to do so if their character class is a little weaker than others.
Let the ladder runners run and the cookie-cutters cut.
My 2 cents.
Greetings, Fragbait
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