How would you patch this game?

[Anglachel]

Originally posted by Zapmeister:
The first thing I would do is gather a heap of data about which pretenders, spells, items and troops are used by players all the time, and which ones are never used.

Then I'd enhance or nerf as necessary to create greater diversity in the usage of these game elements.

I thought about this for a while and it seems like this would tend to homogenize the game rather than diversify. Think about it, take all the elements, cut down what you percieve as powerful and lift up what you percieve as weak. What is the end result? Things are all the same. Does this seem like a situation that would be diverse?

I understand you stress diversity of "usage" but what exactly is it in your experience that has lead you to the conclusion that there is a lack of diversity of usage and have you compared notes with a variety of other players on this to find commonality? I just don't understand why you would want to have the above course followed in the pursuit of "diversity".

Honestly curious.