[DEV REQUEST] Balancing Character Customization

[Shurrikhan]

That is some serious spin. xD

I'm just saying the metric presented is unreliable. I want more character customization, too, but "balancing" them based on the number of choices, or grading the quality of customization based on choice count alone does not guarantee a better product. That's like asking for x words of explanation for a design choice from the devs. Sure, it increases the chances of something in there being worthwhile, but wouldn't the simple yet more thorough metric "am I satisfied?" be more appropriate? Accepting the effort over the result is to accept fluff-work.

It's the same with customization for combat classes. The question shouldn't be "how many choices did the class get" as "what percentage of players felt 'very satisfied' with the choices they were given and the class variant(s) they produced from them?" If the prior did not significantly improve the latter, then the development time was largely wasted.