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When EverQuest player characters were being designed, it was immediately apparent that some races and classes would be more powerful than others given versatility and other factors. Later, it came to light that the concept of being "more powerful" began to break down at the upper levels, given that everyone capped at the same level. We could not let any one race or class be immensely more powerful than another at that final point, as it would essentially put parts of the game off limits to those who chose the less powerful classes...
...In fact, the majority of changes made to classes in the name of balance in the last year were based on the assumption that, at the high end, each class should still be roughly as needed and balanced as any other.
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- Gordon Wrinn
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That's a great quote, and you know, I actually fundamentally disagree with it. One of the problems with modern MMOs is that they are homogenizing everything to be "equal". That is not, and was never the point of the classes from the beginning. To not understand that is to not understand what makes RPGs what they are.