New Posts For Thread: Why are people so obsessed with game balance?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance[rant]Honestly, why do so many people complain about how X is unbalanced compared to Y? I've been a D&D player since 1991 and only had once slight problem with game balance (I played a human monk in a campaign with STR 50 tieflings in 2001). If youDue to complaints received about this thread, I've closed it. The thread will be reviewed to determine if it should be permanently closed, re-opened, and/or a new thread or threads created in it’s place.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance?post_id=335528518#335528518Due to complaints received about this thread, I've closed it. The thread will be reviewed to determine if it should be permanently closed, re-opened, and/or a new thread or threads created in it’s place.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:41:30 -0500It really doesn't matter which splatbooks they have. They'll have access to ways to make virtually all classes better, even if they don't have them all. Hell, I don't have them all, and I can do it.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance?post_id=335528494#335528494It really doesn't matter which splatbooks they have. They'll have access to ways to make virtually all classes better, even if they don't have them all. Hell, I don't have them all, and I can do it.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:19:54 -0500I've never looked at the artificer, so I have a few questions.1) Does it specify PrCs, or does it just say classes, because a PrC is not a class, it's a PRESTIGE class.2) Does it specifically say that spells taken from other classes get reduced in lehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance?post_id=335528490#335528490I've never looked at the artificer, so I have a few questions.1) Does it specify PrCs, or does it just say classes, because a PrC is not a class, it's a PRESTIGE class.2) Does it specifically say that spells taken from other classes get reduced in leSun, 28 Jun 2009 11:17:53 -0500So most groups will have EVERY 3e book in existence because they were available. Gee, I wish I had your gaming budget.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance?post_id=335528478#335528478So most groups will have EVERY 3e book in existence because they were available. Gee, I wish I had your gaming budget.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:13:38 -0500Except that statement is flawed because while the majority of gamers will have splat books, you don't know which splat books. Thus, you can't balance the game based on any particular splat book or any group of splat books. However, all of those gamerhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19707398/Why_are_people_so_obsessed_with_game_balance?post_id=335528470#335528470Except that statement is flawed because while the majority of gamers will have splat books, you don't know which splat books. Thus, you can't balance the game based on any particular splat book or any group of splat books. However, all of those gamerSun, 28 Jun 2009 11:12:03 -0500