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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 8716072" data-attributes="member: 6804070"><p>Cuz many in the community are a bunch of whiners?</p><p></p><p>No, but really...</p><p></p><p>What I mean is simple. People like to complain, they like to point out "flaws", they like to prove themselves better than others. They have the very real need for an ego. </p><p></p><p>And then you have the ones that don't, but have a different expectations. Perhaps they expect every option to deal the exact same average DPR regardless of adversary while other expect some option sets to be stronger in non-combat at the cost of combat. Or to account for crowd control versus single foe damage. Or to be better against undead and weaker against beasts. Or minions versus tanks. Or....</p><p></p><p>Balance is relative, and totally depends upon how broad of a spectrum one is concerned with (i.e. is a variation of 3% DPR significant?) and what aspects of the game (other than DPR) are valuable. Again, you can optimize a DPR queen who sucks in social encounters, is that balanced? Depends on your view.</p><p></p><p>So, people like to complain because their expectations and values differ. Because you know, we are humans with our own opinions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 8716072, member: 6804070"] Cuz many in the community are a bunch of whiners? No, but really... What I mean is simple. People like to complain, they like to point out "flaws", they like to prove themselves better than others. They have the very real need for an ego. And then you have the ones that don't, but have a different expectations. Perhaps they expect every option to deal the exact same average DPR regardless of adversary while other expect some option sets to be stronger in non-combat at the cost of combat. Or to account for crowd control versus single foe damage. Or to be better against undead and weaker against beasts. Or minions versus tanks. Or.... Balance is relative, and totally depends upon how broad of a spectrum one is concerned with (i.e. is a variation of 3% DPR significant?) and what aspects of the game (other than DPR) are valuable. Again, you can optimize a DPR queen who sucks in social encounters, is that balanced? Depends on your view. So, people like to complain because their expectations and values differ. Because you know, we are humans with our own opinions. [/QUOTE]
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