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<blockquote data-quote="mattcolville" data-source="post: 5983900" data-attributes="member: 1300"><p>I think balance is really overrated, but you need something.</p><p></p><p>Back in AD&D and AD&D2, the classes were not balanced in combat as they are in 4th ed, but none of us noticed. The Wizard could do a lot but he needed to be able to cover an extremely wide variety of situations.</p><p></p><p>In other words, if the Wizard took nothing but direct damage spells, he'd be considered a pretty poor wizard. You needed all sorts of stuff to make it through an adventure, stuff like Comprehend Languages, etc....</p><p></p><p>The fighter didn't have the same burst-damage the Wizard did, but he was *always* useful. Yes, he could only swing his sword, but there was always something in combat that needed a sword swung at it. </p><p></p><p>Every edition of D&D appeals to me, for different reasons, but I think it's possible to focus too much on Balance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattcolville, post: 5983900, member: 1300"] I think balance is really overrated, but you need something. Back in AD&D and AD&D2, the classes were not balanced in combat as they are in 4th ed, but none of us noticed. The Wizard could do a lot but he needed to be able to cover an extremely wide variety of situations. In other words, if the Wizard took nothing but direct damage spells, he'd be considered a pretty poor wizard. You needed all sorts of stuff to make it through an adventure, stuff like Comprehend Languages, etc.... The fighter didn't have the same burst-damage the Wizard did, but he was *always* useful. Yes, he could only swing his sword, but there was always something in combat that needed a sword swung at it. Every edition of D&D appeals to me, for different reasons, but I think it's possible to focus too much on Balance. [/QUOTE]
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