Balancing based on human error is GENIUS, not bad design

[Quillion]

Yes, it's very rare in games. But it's only because most developers can't realistically manage to do it because their playtesting team can't TAS the game in development.

This is one of the great strengths that Project M has: they're building off of Melee, a game that has had players study the physics and moves for years and years and still haven't reached the peak of the Fragile Speedster top tier. This gives them the opportunity to reach a practically infinite number of mental strategies and technical interactions.

You know what else is like this? Physical sports. Basketball, Football, A. Football, Baseball, Golf, Boxing... etc. all have rules to stop players from cheating, but the great players have worked within these rules pushing mental and PHYSICAL limits. Project M is quite likely the ONLY game/mod that allows this sort of pushing limits with all of the interactions available and sheer speed and complexity of input links.

All these people who say that PM should stoop down to the limits of traditional fighters (like Smash U has currently) are holding back what could be the best fighting game ever. PMDev, please ignore this people and let it be a video game that doubles as PHYSICAL SPORT.

 

[Kurri ★]

Physical sports don't have to deal with things like balancing, so the only way PM can "become a physical sport" would be to remove all characters except one, Fox. Good luck convincing people with that.

 

[Strong Badam]

...Is there a reason this isn't just in the Auto-L-canceling thread? Seems pretty obviously an off-shoot to the discussion from that thread.

 

[Ningildo]

Because other characters don't matter. Unless they're melee tops!

You have to keep in mind that if such a design would lead to issues balance wise (and most designs like these tend to), it has to be adjusted, regardless of how much it would be adored by some.

Unique quirks and designs are cool and all, but only if they avoid breaking balance and/or the game's goals.

 

[Shadic]

...Is there a reason this isn't just in the Auto-L-canceling thread? Seems pretty obviously an off-shoot to the discussion from that thread.

Exactly. Please take this to one of the other balance/design threads already on the front page.