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I have seen quite a lot of posts and threads lately
that deal with the idea of nerfing down things.
Or complain about overpowered things.
(Maybe I'm going to make a poll on this but I want to collect some common opinions on this first.)
A) Should they be nerfed?
B) Why? How do you justify nerfing down?
If you think - for example - Algernon's Cloak is too mighty to be used - why do you use it in the first place?
Other thoughts are:
C) Is nerfing needed to balance Baldur's Gate 1:EE?
D) Has original Baldur's Gate 1 ever been truly balanced?
E) Isn't this better to be handled by mods?
F) Can't balancing work the other way around? Instead of nerfing items you could make enemies stronger!
G) Also, my personal fear is that once when you start down nerfing down things this will start a series of nerf downs. Why? Because when you nerf down item X which is the most powerful item after the nerf down it is weak. So there will be a new most powerful item: Item Y which was originally the second most powerful item, which needs nerfing down, too and so on.
Of course nerfing doesn't only apply to items. Some posts say Dorn is overpowered for example.
Oh and last but not least:
H) What does "Overpowering" (overpowered item/chars/abilities) mean personally for you?
When is somthing overpowered when is it not?
I) When is nerfing down needed and who is to say to which extend?
J) Is the difficulty setting of any revelance in relation to overpowering and nerfing?
Some examples:
Algernon's Cloak should be nerfed
BG2 skills and kits are way too overpowered, they are not suited for BG1
Bows - Are bows still going to be overpowered?
Familiar: Imp is overpowered!
Familiars in general are overpowered
Magic is ridiculously overpowered!
Poll: Should "Spiked Trap" be nerfed?
Spell: Mislead - nerf it!
Spell: Sleep - nerf it!
Wraithform overpowered?
Poll has been opened: Click here
UPDATE END
I have seen quite a lot of posts and threads lately
that deal with the idea of nerfing down things.
Or complain about overpowered things.
(Maybe I'm going to make a poll on this but I want to collect some common opinions on this first.)
A) Should they be nerfed?
B) Why? How do you justify nerfing down?
If you think - for example - Algernon's Cloak is too mighty to be used - why do you use it in the first place?
Other thoughts are:
C) Is nerfing needed to balance Baldur's Gate 1:EE?
D) Has original Baldur's Gate 1 ever been truly balanced?
E) Isn't this better to be handled by mods?
F) Can't balancing work the other way around? Instead of nerfing items you could make enemies stronger!
G) Also, my personal fear is that once when you start down nerfing down things this will start a series of nerf downs. Why? Because when you nerf down item X which is the most powerful item after the nerf down it is weak. So there will be a new most powerful item: Item Y which was originally the second most powerful item, which needs nerfing down, too and so on.
Of course nerfing doesn't only apply to items. Some posts say Dorn is overpowered for example.
Oh and last but not least:
H) What does "Overpowering" (overpowered item/chars/abilities) mean personally for you?
When is somthing overpowered when is it not?
I) When is nerfing down needed and who is to say to which extend?
J) Is the difficulty setting of any revelance in relation to overpowering and nerfing?
Some examples:
Algernon's Cloak should be nerfed
BG2 skills and kits are way too overpowered, they are not suited for BG1
Bows - Are bows still going to be overpowered?
Familiar: Imp is overpowered!
Familiars in general are overpowered
Magic is ridiculously overpowered!
Poll: Should "Spiked Trap" be nerfed?
Spell: Mislead - nerf it!
Spell: Sleep - nerf it!
Wraithform overpowered?