[MUD-Dev2] [OFF-TOPIC] City of Heroes tangent (was: genre vs creativity)

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

On 3/16/07, Damion Schubert <dschubert at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2) A truly marvelous Unique Selling Proposition, that is all about the
> best Character Creation system in the genre.  If there was ever a
> game that wanted its customers to have dozens of alts, it's this one!

I don't entierly agree.

The system LOOKS very flexible  on the surface, but get into it and
you'll find that balance is a real issue.  While many combinations are
*possible* many are also frustratingly ineffective.

It always amazes me how little respect CRPG/MMO developers usually
show for the RPG system.  They think they can just whip one out and it
will be "good enough".  As a long time Pen and paper player I'm very
aware that a good, truly balanced  RPG system is an entire development
effort in of itself.