The thing for me is that those that favor caster-types and those that prefer non-caster types can both be equally concerned about balance for opposite reasons.
Some people love playing a 3E Swiss-army Wizard with 9,001 scrolls and wands, the master blaster that destroys small continents 8 times a day, or some CoDzilla that takes 5 rounds buffing to become a Super Saiyan and their concern about "balance" is in regards to preventing anyone from "nerfing" their play-style.
Some people hate those designs with the burning fire of a thousand suns and their concern about "balance" is never having to share an encounter with those scene-stealing, fighter-caddying, rogue-shaming, table-hogging abominations ever again.
Same concern. Same enthusiasm. Completely opposite desires.
- Marty Lund
Some people love playing a 3E Swiss-army Wizard with 9,001 scrolls and wands, the master blaster that destroys small continents 8 times a day, or some CoDzilla that takes 5 rounds buffing to become a Super Saiyan and their concern about "balance" is in regards to preventing anyone from "nerfing" their play-style.
Some people hate those designs with the burning fire of a thousand suns and their concern about "balance" is never having to share an encounter with those scene-stealing, fighter-caddying, rogue-shaming, table-hogging abominations ever again.
Same concern. Same enthusiasm. Completely opposite desires.
- Marty Lund