[Keir Maxwell]

Originally posted by Zen:
In saying "I would rather have the Old Dom1 scales if you change the ones I use now" is as you stated; selfish. Which is fine, your enjoyment is part of the game, but so is balance.

Er - what? Did I said that? I don't think it - I don't think I said it?

Actually I was being humerous in my first post and trying to put a personal touch on things so that maybe people could empathise - man was I wrong! I don't actually think there is anything selfish in not wanting the game to change in a way that ruins a whole range of options made possible by the existing setup. I'm worried that the changes seeking balence will be horribly unbalencing so I really think you are missing the boat Zen.

As for balence I would suggest that what we are really searching for a dynamic balence built around the many imbalences in the game. The imbalence in order/turmoil combines with other imbalences to create the overall balence of the game which people are proposing to change. Balencing order/turmoil is by no means necessarily a good as it could imbalence the game badly. Not everything should be equal or fair - this is not chess and there is no reason pawns, for example, should have the same value. The skill of race design and play is utilising imbalences to generate more powerful than the norm effects. More like the real world by far than Chess or Go which are almost perfectly balenced. Even if you don't agree in theory you may as well concede in practice as Dominions is too complex for anything else to be true - despite the most dedicated search for perfect balence.

I think you have been unneceserily combatitive on this Zen and I also don't think you have read what I wrote very carefully - either that or I'm just confusing. Assumptions that I'm a typical gamer panicking over my favourite toy being nerfed are unlikely to be right considering Illwinter went to great trouble to invent these favourite toys and I am aware of this fact.

Damn humour gone caused trouble again can't win them all.

cheers

Keir