11-26-2006, 03:37 AM
Quote:I would think it would be clear from the context. There are many Alliance US guilds that can kill KT and only one... oops... zero US Horde guilds who can. Blizzard's concept of faction balance is and has always been totally skewed. To hear them say, "No, trust us this time. Fear Ward won't really be that big of a deal anymore" is laughable.
No, I got that, what I didn't understand was the relevance of your sidebar:
Quote:Meanwhile, they ban the only US Horde guild to have ever beaten KT. Go figure.
I agree that as long as Blizzard's willing to lean on fear as a crutch to make encounters hard, then fear ward creates imbalance. And I agree that Blizzard's been vague and almost mendacious in response to significant player concerns in the past. But Overrated was (appropriately) banned for using a hack to bypass almost all of AQ40--Neither faction imbalance nor their status as the only US Horde guild to kill KT had anything to do with the ban.