I am reminded of a Final Fantasy Tactics mod that balanced all the classes, made poaching worthwhile, and even balanced the moves within those classes.
It made the game 10x more amazing! because suddenly instead of trying as hard as you could to unlock "Da only good classes" you could go at it with anyone. It was very fun.
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Yes Overbalancing is bad (Overbalancing is when a game is made more bland for the sake of balance)... But you forget that balance allows strategies to form that don't necessarily rely on one dominant strategy.
Having used Hail Strike... It is still an amazing skill that does more damage then any non-source (and a few source) ability in the game AND creates a floor that can CC even enemies that still have armor.
It just doesn't have its super freeze ability anymore.
