Dryads = Imbalanced

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Originally Posted by taltamir

Yet, nobody plays any of the perfectly balanced games, but people rave about games with a wide variety of unit strengths. Why? because overly balanced games are BORING. If nothing actually CHANGES about a unit except its physical appearance the game gets boring really fast.

With the current system though, you get a wide variety of units with a wide variety of abilities and/or basic power level, and people are having fun.

You seem to have a very simple view of balance meaning identical. Starcraft, which is held to be one of the most balanced games ever, is extremely popular precisely because balance as achievable with extreme diversity.

Your whole premise of balance can only be achieved with identical stats is disproven by this very game. Nearly the entire roster is well balanced, despite being diverse.

It's precisely this good balance everywhere else that makes the dryad stand-out like a sore thumb in an otherwise balanced and diverse game.

Again, oversimplifying the discussion to black-and-white strawmen isn't helpful: balance can be achieved without being identical.