A System to Handle Balance Suggestions (Checks and Balances)

[Azuzu]

Check 1 Community (The Community as a whole making suggestions, complaints, ect)


Check 2 Core Balance Group (30ish players) (A core group of players who have shown a good knowledge of the game and have shown not to be overly bias)



Check 3 (Class Leads, 1 for each class) (One "expert" for each of the classes to represent their interests)

Check 4 Devs. (Our all mightly overlords, ultimately the buck stops with them, any decisions made are theirs to make. The other subdivisions would simply be their to provide them with as much info as possible)


All balance ideas would be tested by Dev, Core group and Class leads



We all know there are a lot of issues with balancing a game. I think if we establish a system of checks and balances that make one voice not be overpowering (forum QQ, vocal posters, ect) it will be a benefit for all of us.

[foof]

Sounds good to me. +1 the idea.

[bloodi]

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy

[satori]

The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy

sounds like germany to me!

[RyanMakara]

This won't be necessary until T4, I fear.

[Nameless]

mythic done similar thing (actually exacly the same...) and we see what they accomplished.

[Coryphaus]

This won't be necessary until T4, I fear.

we dont need to wait till t4 to discuss balance cause that could be 2 years or more from now

Az said it best once: people are gonna say wait till t4, then their gonna say wait for full renown, then their gonna say wait till sov etc etc

[Genisaurus]

mythic done similar thing (actually exacly the same...) and we see what they accomplished.

A small correction, Mythic said they were doing this, but never actually did. Every "class lead" and most of the core testers were very outspoken about how Mythic ignored their feedback and suggestions, until the whole program was dropped and swept under the rug.

[Soulcheg]

I can't trust some "class leads" and some "experts". That kind of bureaucracy absolutely not needed.

[Twyxx]

Only issue I see is getting a balance change through all of those checks...