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24308: RE: [MUD-Dev] A Question on PvP and PK

Vincent wrote:
> According to Matt Mihaly:
 
>> mean when they say something is "perfectly balance." Perfectly
>> balanced from what perspective? There's no way, even in theory,
>> to take a system with multiple elements and make it perfectly
>> balanced in everybody's eyes, because everybody weights every
>> element differently.
 
> My own definition of a system that is not balanced is when
> everybody including the interested parties agree that either X is
> better than everyone else, or Y is worse than everyone else.
 
> If John says Mages are the own, and Smith says they're losers,
> it's ok.  When they both say the same thing, then you have a
> balance problem.

That assumes all involved players thoroughly know the components to
be balanced. If John doesn't take full advantage of the Mage's spell
lines, or otherwise isn't using it to its intended potential, he may
very well think they're unbalanced.

-Jeff

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