Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="J_D" data-source="post: 1646754" data-attributes="member: 20956">Woodelf, I think you and I are mostly in agreement, but...This might be true for some people, but I don't think it's generally true.  People complained about balance before 3rd Edition was ever created, and the game designers responded to that and turned "balance" into the incessant and abused-to-the-point-of-madness mantra it has become today.  I think that at least in part some people are bring their own philosophies of life to the gaming table (to be honest, I suppose we all do to some extent) and expecting to validate them through game play.  Some people are highly committed to egalitarianism and artifically levelled playing fields as a philosophy of life and get offended if their game doesn't give it to them or validate their worldview.  Maybe they can't handle dealing with problem players themselves, perhaps for fear of offending someone who's a friend outside of the game, and want the game system to be a magic bullet to take care of it for them.  I want to stop there, though, because pursuing that line of thought will lead to a subject forbidden on these boards.</blockquote>