Quote Originally Posted by Roeshel View Post
If they really said that Fun > Balance they must have been joking. It is completely irrational statement to make for a game. Lack of balance leads to very frustrating situations. People in general don't have fun when there is no balance. It is only the very small minority who are going praise an unbalanced state of the game as something better than the more balanced state of the game. Boring gameplay is actually far less detrimental than the lack of balance. At least they got their priorities straight in Shb.
I disagree. Enjoyment is king, but balance, or lack thereof, can impact that. And for each person, the degree of this impact is different. This is the dilemma in game design; each person has their own criteria.

On the other hand, your statement reads odd to me; making it seem like you would rather play a balanced game you are lukewarm on than an unbalanced one you otherwise enjoy. After all, I would not spend any time on a game that I did not enjoy, even if it is the most balanced.

Did you mean your enjoyment comes mostly from balance? How do you feel about the game's need to add new jobs each expansion, since that mere act makes things less balanced? Don't mean to sound aggressive, it's just this idea is truly baffling me.