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<blockquote data-quote="Ogre Mage" data-source="post: 7029135" data-attributes="member: 3404">In most of the D&amp;D groups I played with the balance problems usually revolved around aggregate party power rather than bickering between players.&nbsp; Eventually, the DM would start having increasing difficultly balancing encounters and would start getting frustrated; this was a sign the campaign was coming to an end soon.&nbsp; If individual PCs were particularly powerful that breaking point might come sooner, but the main concern was presenting balanced encounters for the party.&nbsp; In short, it was more of a DM vs. party problem.&nbsp; Most players didn't trip about one PC being moderately more effective than others.&nbsp; On the rare occasions that it did become a problem, one of two things was going on:1.&nbsp; One player was munchkinizing to a ridiculous degree.2.&nbsp; A player had a weak character and DID NOT CARE that he was not contributing to the party.&nbsp; This frankly drove me crazy.As for the good old days, I was there and daresay the balance problems were not any better back then.&nbsp; Remember the infamous splatbooks of 2E?&nbsp; *Cough* Complete Psionics Handbook *Cough* Complete Book of Elves *Cough* Bladesinger *Cough*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ogre Mage, post: 7029135, member: 3404"] In most of the D&D groups I played with the balance problems usually revolved around aggregate party power rather than bickering between players. Eventually, the DM would start having increasing difficultly balancing encounters and would start getting frustrated; this was a sign the campaign was coming to an end soon. If individual PCs were particularly powerful that breaking point might come sooner, but the main concern was presenting balanced encounters for the party. In short, it was more of a DM vs. party problem. Most players didn't trip about one PC being moderately more effective than others. On the rare occasions that it did become a problem, one of two things was going on: 1. One player was munchkinizing to a ridiculous degree. 2. A player had a weak character and DID NOT CARE that he was not contributing to the party. This frankly drove me crazy. As for the good old days, I was there and daresay the balance problems were not any better back then. Remember the infamous splatbooks of 2E? *Cough* Complete Psionics Handbook *Cough* Complete Book of Elves *Cough* Bladesinger *Cough* [/QUOTE]

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