OK ...
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we're actually doing this.
There are many factors of balancing a game, and this isn't JUST CM, this is every game in existence.
Balance DOES NOT MEAN FUN, EVERYONE NEEDS TO AGREE ON THAT.
We ALL need to agree, that these 3 rules are the CORE of balance for ANY game, fun EXCLUDED:
Power of the Individual, or how powerful a single person can affect the outcome
Power of the Team, or how powerful a team can affect the outcome
Power of the Skill Ceiling, or how powerful knowledge/experience/skill can affect the outcome, or power, of both the individual and the team.
Let's get started:
Let's get started with the number of people. The marines obviously have the advantage, it's not a secret.
What does this tell us?
It tells us that, if we exclude the skill ceiling, the xenomorph's ORIGINAL intent was to have the power of the individual.
Let's dive into the power of the individual for both marine and xeno:
Spoiler:
Now, let's dive into the power of the TEAM for both marine and xeno:
Spoiler:
Now ... here's the tricky part:
Team fights can very quickly become excursions, flanks, and ganks which turn the team-fight into a 1v1 very quickly unless the ENTIRE TEAM compensates to re-adjust ... which creates an imbalance on one-side to compensate for the other and ... you know how that all goes down.
When people complain, even in my own complaints after the fact, I see that almost 99% of the time there is an imbalance of one thing, and one thing only:
Power
Whether the combination is individual VS Team, Individual VS Individual with better skill, Team VS Team with better skill, or whatever combination you can come up with;
IT IS ALL THE SAME.
This is the way the game was meant to be played.
This is the way OTHER GAMES are meant to be played.
If you don't like it, then why are you here?
If you don't want to spend time to increase your skill-ceiling ... why are you here?
Why are you still playing?
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Stop complaining, and suck it up.
(quote me on this next time I rage in-game ... you think I'm joking, but seriously, do so.)