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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7014891" data-attributes="member: 29398">There's too many kinds of balance to properly shoehorn into a single answer in the poll (though I voted anyway), so allow me to expand it a bit.- micro-combat-balance - is everyone's damage-per-round the same?  Not important at all.  Some classes are damage-dealers, some aren't.- micro-stage-time-balance - does each player and-or character get a chance to shine in every encounter?  Not important.  Some encounters suit some characters better than others.- macro-combat-balance - can everyone somehow usefully help in most combats?  Somewhat important, more so if you track individual xp.- macro-stage-time-balance - does each player and-or character get vaguely-even stage time over the long run?  Quite important.- stat balance between characters - not important.- level balance between characters - not important if imbalance is minor, becomes more important the greater the imbalance becomes- wealth balance between characters - not important if imbalance is minor, becomes more important the greater the imbalance becomes- ability balance between classes over the long haul - not important as long as the imbalances somewhat cancel each other out in a better-at-this, worse-at-that or better-now, worse-later sort of way- benefit-vs.-drawback balance - extremely important.  It's easy to give benefits to characters/classes/etc. but without some corresponding drawbacks everyone just becomes good at everything, and if you're good at everything then why do you need a party to adventure with?Lanefan</blockquote>

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