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Originally Posted by Orcin
Hard to say. How do you define "balance"? Also, is the game supposed to be "balanced"?
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I guess balance could be subjective, but i think in terms of competition, in my opinion at least, its fairly straightforward in terms of creating a relatively fair competitive environment (what that point is, is the debate - but the fundemental goal I think is relatively straightforward).
This is a baseball game, so lets use real MLB as an example. Do you think players should be able to use steroids if they want? Do you think there should not be a luxury tax? Do you think its ok to tamper with baseballs, bats, etc during games? Do you think its ok for teams to "tap up" players before they become free agents? Etc
I mean, on a personal level someone could think those things are ok or not ok - thats their opinion, but in terms of fair competition, MLB at least determined that things like that give teams and/or players such a competitive advantage over others that they needed to regulate these things. So thus you achieve, or attempt to achieve, a competitive balance.
As for whether the game is supposed to be balanced, i dont know. Its not my place to say. I already said a few times Im fine with it as is (in what i believe is an imbalanced state currently) if thats what the devs want and if the goal is to generate revenue, introduce a new game mode, or whatever. Its for fun. There are no prizes. There is no way to know if player A (who wins hypothetical perfect410 league) is better than player B (who wins separate perfect 419 league). So its not really a true competition. Thus I dont really care. PP is still sort of a work in progress anyways, as they work towards 20. But it doesnt mean we cant discuss these things. They are viewpoints.
If the goal is (or eventually is) to create a competitive/ranked game mode, similar to many other computer/video games, to determine who is the best in PP. Or rack and stack competitors. Then you do need to strive for a competitive balance in order to achieve a relatively fair competitive environment for that to be taken seriously.
While I dont care at the moment, other people do apparently (based on responses in the thread), and the sense I guess is they care because they want to "compete" but they want a "fair competition". Some in this thread have suggested people want to "win easy", etc. But I dont think thats the case. It may be for some, but for many I suspect they just want to play in what they view as a fair competitive environment. Perhaps what that is differs for different people.