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Old March 15th, 2019, 06:45 PM
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Re: The Pre-SoV Workshop
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Originally Posted by Leaf_It View Post
Try to think of a power that would be really interesting, maybe a bit complicated, or where you roll 12 attack dice. You might think, "wow, this is really overpowered." But it's not over powered so long as it is priced accordingly.
Recall Scy's statement above:

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Originally Posted by Scytale View Post
Look at how Taelord goes from terrible in a 400-point game to amazing in a 2000-point game. And that's just talking 1v1 on a simple map. That's why pricing calculators are only useful as a guideline, and why playtesting in many environments is important.
Many powers can be perfectly balanced in a narrow environment at a specific price point, but be wildly broken (or useless) in other environments. Price alone cannot rescue many designs.
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