On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:

>
> At my current (and everyone in my now guild's) rate of progression we will
> reach the levels that you claim their spells make a difference in
> approximately 2.5 years. That's 128 patches. I doubt the game will look

Snare is level 9. As are the first buffs.

> much like it does now at that point. Why does everyone seem to continually
> use the argument "Wait until you are X level, then things balance out" when
> X is invariably well above 20? Shouldn't a game be balanced at all levels
> of play?

Dunno where you got this idea from. The only inequality I see
at low levels (aside from a couple class balance issues) is
that nearly everyone, even casters, are pretty good at melee.
So that necessitates the early hybrid spells not be so
powerful to maintain balance.

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John H. Kim
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