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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 5749691" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.&nbsp;&nbsp;Yeah, what he said.&nbsp;But also...&nbsp;It can totally depend on the game system and purpose. Now, if we are considering *only* player character to player character, I'll refer you back up to steeldragons post, above. If we are talking PC's vs. Everything Else, balance is more or less pointless.&nbsp;Call of Cthulhu = who cares about balanceMarvel Super Heroes = *shrug* take it or leave it, depending on toneExaulted = not much to care about...PC's should rawk most of the timeTop Secret = kinda important, but not super-important...etc...&nbsp;If we are talking about AD&amp;D and D&amp;D, I still stand by the BECMI and AD&amp;D 1e being the most balanced game out there in terms of having a long-running, exciting and consistant campaign. I am always hearing about 1e (and 2e) groups that have had an ongoing campaign for years (decades sometimes!). Now, 3e is still young'ish, but I rarely if ever hear of a continuous 3d campaign that has had primarily the same players all playing for more than...3 or 4 years. Tops. And those 3e groups...almost always tend towards a slooooow advancement rate. The balance in the 1e/2e days was in the &quot;over the length of an ongoing campaign&quot;; it didn't really concern itself with &quot;at each character level one PC should be equal to another&quot;.&nbsp;So...no. &quot;Game Balance&quot; isn't all that important most of the time. Something FAR more important is how &quot;neutral, balanced and fair&quot; the DM is. The rules? Pretty far down the list, IMHO, as far as balance. As long as it isn't out right crazy-nutty-fun-bar unbalanced (Rifts, I'm looking at you...), it doesn't much matter in the great scheme of things.&nbsp;^_^&nbsp;Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pming, post: 5749691, member: 45197"] Hiya. Yeah, what he said. But also... It can totally depend on the game system and purpose. Now, if we are considering *only* player character to player character, I'll refer you back up to steeldragons post, above. If we are talking PC's vs. Everything Else, balance is more or less pointless. Call of Cthulhu = who cares about balance Marvel Super Heroes = *shrug* take it or leave it, depending on tone Exaulted = not much to care about...PC's should rawk most of the time Top Secret = kinda important, but not super-important ...etc... If we are talking about AD&D and D&D, I still stand by the BECMI and AD&D 1e being the most balanced game out there in terms of having a long-running, exciting and consistant campaign. I am always hearing about 1e (and 2e) groups that have had an ongoing campaign for years (decades sometimes!). Now, 3e is still young'ish, but I rarely if ever hear of a continuous 3d campaign that has had primarily the same players all playing for more than...3 or 4 years. Tops. And those 3e groups...almost always tend towards a slooooow advancement rate. The balance in the 1e/2e days was in the "over the length of an ongoing campaign"; it didn't really concern itself with "at each character level one PC should be equal to another". So...no. "Game Balance" isn't all that important most of the time. Something FAR more important is how "neutral, balanced and fair" the DM is. The rules? Pretty far down the list, IMHO, as far as balance. As long as it isn't out right crazy-nutty-fun-bar unbalanced (Rifts, I'm looking at you...), it doesn't much matter in the great scheme of things. ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]

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