I’ve seen so many forum postings about how such and such class is OP or is UP lately, but I haven’t seen any (that I could find) just saying “Thank you”.
I know some classes are stronger than others in some ways and weaker in others compared to some classes. I honestly think some of it (if not most of it) is player skill when it comes to their class. Here is my thinking on this, a lot of the time people have favorites and different play styles that some characters either work for or they don’t. Me I love the feel of playing a mesmer. Many say they are UP due to it being easy for the opponents to figure out which one is real. To be honest this bugs me sometimes but then I remember…TERRAIN…use that pillar that is behind me to break line of sight and maybe they’ll not realize that i’m the real one so that my mirror blade can come off cool down and i can attack and summon another beserker so they can widdle down their health and make it difficult to hurt me.
Some say they are OP. I would agree some skills of the mesmer are stronger than others, but isn’t it our job as gamers to overcome obstacles and excel in tough situations? We as gamers would get very bored if everything was in perfect balance. There would be no learning of the different classes, no challenge to excel and better ourselves at our chosen class. It would be boring. Now some things may need a few tweaking I will admit and when the bugs in all the classes are figured out and cleansed, that disparity may be more apparent. I do have to say at this point in time, things are very well put together. Now I admit I may be a little biased as when it comes to other classes, well lets just say I am horrible at it. I haven’t leveled any other classes past 50 (two currently 47) besides my mesmer so I grew comfortable with him and know his quarks.
As I read these forums and see so many people screaming imbalance, I have to say, there is no such thing as perfect balance as that would just be plain boring and give no one any satisfaction as there would be no achievement. If you want perfect balance in a game there is a game for you (heres a shout out to one of my favorite game developers Morrello) Its called Take a Penny Give a Penny and you start with 20 pennies. No matter what you do, you always have the same number of pennies. Thats just boring and it leaves you with no sense of accomplishment.
So I say this, Good Job Developers. This game has only been out a month and the disparity between classes isn’t that large. It just gives people that extra incentive to push themselves to better their gameplay and knock around the mean ol warrior or shatter that dang mesmer. Yes there are some things that could possibly be tweak and the bugs def need fixed; but overall, I say very well done and thank you for bringing this game to us. We wouldn’t be here without you.
