Things the original devs expected

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Different devs worked on different parts. Maybe the itemisation dev that created soulfire didnÂ’t know nor care about the stance on spamming CH or LH.

Could be, yeah. There is an awkward lasting beauty to it all maybe because of that. However dated and easily recognizable as a game, it still somewhat resembles a world, full of dysfunction and unfair bs and inconsistencies. No one dev had all the power apparently and, if they did, it was quietly undermined or ignored for personal interests and rule of cool.

[WarpathEQ]

Originally Posted by Ennewi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Could be, yeah. There is an awkward lasting beauty to it all maybe because of that. However dated and easily recognizable as a game, it still somewhat resembles a world, full of dysfunction and unfair bs and inconsistencies. No one dev had all the power apparently and, if they did, it was quietly undermined or ignored for personal interests and rule of cool.

If you think about it, its pretty insane how balanced the game is. So many race/class combinations and there is a need for all of them in some capacity. While some classes may be viewed as more powerful just because their utility is more aligned with the bulk of gameplay the balancing is superior to most games even being released today.

Especially when you consider that item selection was really a more key component to the balance than traditional games. Some classes were designed to be more item dependent but able to thrive more once those items were obtained where as others start stronger on the power curve but don't scale up as heavily.