Return of Reckoning

At first it looked like class balance was either dead or at least put on hold with Az "retiring" (for lack of a better term) and the balance forum closing. Now that BG is getting some tweaking, it's clear that balance changes aren't dead, but it's still unknown what might be possible in the near to mid future.

I know for me personally I'd like to see the WP experimental mode return, even if it needs to be toned down. I know there's a good number of other nagging class balance issues still out there. Any chance we could get an idea of what might be up for consideration?

Well wp /dok
Am/ shammy Things would be cool

But what ive read The bg changes are torqes Projekt at the Moment and nothing Else.
We have to wait for balance Forums open

Good luck with the BG test. I hope it leads to more.

Thanks for the response, at least. It's still good to know that balance is still moving forward, even if we won't know ahead of time what to expect.

Az is retiring? Did I miss something?

He might still be working on something, but in a recent thread he made it clear that the problem of gear scaling creating a problem with class balance killed his motivation to keep working on it. So he's apparently passed the torch to the rest of the dev team.

spikespiegel84 wrote:Az is retiring? Did I miss something?

Inactive is a more hopeful descriptor than retired. He posted about it a while back.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20631&p=227205#p227205

Disclaimer: This is a suggestion, it has been made purely in jest, this is not a demand, i apologise in advance for any offence.


You should recruit someone to build and maintain a really tuned-in longterm overview plan, someone to provide constant regular reviews of your plans and provide a wide variety of theoretical options and fallbacks, you need a tactical architect who scrutinises every detail!

And it needs to be someone who isn't precious about anything, this server is a minefield of contention.

That sure helps the people doing the fixing & building in my experience.

'Game Planner'

And i mean someone fanatically OCD who will triplecheck every last detail... DAILY.


addendum: This viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20631&p=227205#p227205 is deeply troubling and it explains A LOT about certain changes, Azarael's motives are-were somewhat... you folks need someone who will take this game AS IT IS and simply improve the quality of the content whilst including ALL worthwhile ambitions REGARDLESS of their source.

Take it from someone who suffers constant stricture at your own hands, it's always best to give up on personal desires and just do what is best for everyone because THAT is always the best way to get what you really want, being forced into the corner you should be backing into anyway is a GREAT way to learn what you should be doing, limitation breeds innovation!

Dresden wrote:Disclaimer: This is a suggestion, it has been made purely in jest, this is not a demand, i apologise in advance for any offence.


You should recruit someone to build and maintain a really tuned-in longterm overview plan, someone to provide constant regular reviews of your plans and provide a wide variety of theoretical options and fallbacks, you need a tactical architect who scrutinises every detail!

And it needs to be someone who isn't precious about anything, this server is a minefield of contention.

That sure helps the people doing the fixing & building in my experience.

'Game Planner'

And i mean someone fanatically OCD who will triplecheck every last detail... DAILY.


addendum: This viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20631&p=227205#p227205 is deeply troubling and it explains A LOT about certain changes, Azarael's motives are-were somewhat... you folks need someone who will take this game AS IT IS and simply improve the quality of the content whilst including ALL worthwhile ambitions REGARDLESS of their source.

Take it from someone who suffers constant stricture at your own hands, it's always best to give up on personal desires and just do what is best for everyone because THAT is always the best way to get what you really want, being forced into the corner you should be backing into anyway is a GREAT way to learn what you should be doing, limitation breeds innovation!

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