[Gandalf Parker]

There are excellent new players. The problem is that the game is very deep, and the balance is not the type of balance people expect from other games. It is not a "chessboard" balance which many games use where the pieces are all equal but slight variations in color. it is not a player-vs-player balance where each nation is expected to have equality with every other nation.

Its a world balance where something can seem way out of balance but as long as there is a counter tactic somewhere then its not considered broken.

Im not talking about the clams or the Vampire Queen discussions specifically (the devs are already showing an interest there if the excited people in those conversations dont piss them off). But this is about new players vs old players. We often hear the new players tell us how broken things are.

There are some great new players. There are new players who can beat me in the game. Most especially new players for very useful for exploring new areas and finding new twists. But dont be surprised that if they explore old territory and declare it broke, that the reaction they get is "play some more"