zumos2 wrote:
Things like this don't suddenly change and you know now that: It is a position you take as a team. It shows that the RoR team did not have a clear plan cut out, which is not unexpected after Azarael left. So instead of saying that "we don't want to make any balance changes or touch the experimental modes", you could have said that the team is discussing their position on this.
Now as you said your position changed on the balance matter that also means you can start adjusting the AM/Shaman experimental modes. In the end I believe it is only good news that you start working on balance again.
You might note the Balance forums are now under the Administration section. They're still locked, but will be opening up with Gerv taking over Balance Mod duties once again. Then, depending on what sort of legible data is presented, we can talk about making adjustments to all kinds of things. The BG changes were not pulled from a single thread, but from many threads, including several that were already discussed at length on the balance forums. Torque feels he is capable enough to make significant changes to abilities, so that's probably going to be his pet project for a while.
Until he stops and decides to do something else of course. At which point we might shut down balance again, much to the sadness and disappointment of all you special snowflakes that think you determine our course of action. Please. We value opinions, but don't try driving the development process. That just annoys the people who do this on their free time, unpaid, and already deal with whines about what every possible viewpoint on how any particular specific thing should be done. If something is wildly broken, which am/sham is not imho, we're always very tuned towards correcting it. Chances are, if it's not getting fixed, then your opinion is not shared by the team. Form a better argument/proof, and present it with proper respect.