What is this "game balance" you speak of?

[Hayward]

We've heard the excuses from developers about why jobs that need fixes don't get them. Paladins can't have decent damage potential for maintaining hate because it would upset the "game balance" (thank a self-interested melee for covering the devs on this one). Red Mages can't have even halfway-decent damage potential because of "game balance" (thank a "Pink Mage" for covering the devs on this one). No job can have new Weapon Skills that do meaningful damage because of "game balance" (thank insecure Empyrean weapon owners for covering the devs on this one).

It is getting a bit unnerving hearing these developers crying "wolf" ("game balance" in this case) whenever we ask for some changes to jobs that need them. It is getting equally unnerving seeing certain posters backing them up simply to maintain some invented sense of superiority.