Guild Wars 2

This is no way a sarcastic post, I’m just curious whats the steps you go through when balancing stuff. Like what do you look at to determine it. I know its data, but what is the data?

I was having a debate with a few friends on how to balance the game. We were trying to figure out what the data is. Many of us agreed that you probably don’t pay too much attention to the balance in WvW on account of all the variables involved (easy to stack sigils, food buffs, bloodlust, guard leech, etc). PvE it is a bit harder since you have to include WvW with it along with dungeons and open world. So we figured most of your data must come from sPvP. Then we ask ourselves what in sPvP. Team fight potential, point control, etc.

I can answer that: endless trial and errors with feedback from minorities.

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Data = Ammount of qq threads.Youre welcome.

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Mostly internal data, the way every company balances. When you see more of one profession than 2-3 other professions combined, it means something.

Edit: same goes for traits. When 99,9% of warriors use CI, it means something. Or when 90% of warriors use UF. Or when 90% of engineers use IP.

I think the problem is that they have a balance team that try to balance the game around three different modes(WvW, PvP, Pve) and therefore you got a balance that works a bit in every type but terribly fails when you look at it from one direction.
You got Condition in PvP they are too strong but they also to weak at PvE.
You got the PU Mesmer that is very strong in WvW but doesn’t work in PvP.

this has already been answered in detail, pleaswe go to the collabirative development thread or click on the pvp developers names and read what they have said in the past

So far the answer seems to be “they don’t.”

Whatever it is, it isn’t working.

They think what “would be really cool” and then implement it =]

They balance with this