The Late Balance Team

[Misericordus]

I miss you guys.

[Peppermint]

I worked with the Balance Team for a better part of a year, and they were an absolute pleasure to work with! I really couldn't have done any of the updates I did by myself.

All the same, I stepped down as a contributor feeling confident they would continue to push Arelith in a much better direction. For so long as the Balance Team remained active, we received a number of awesome updates.

We can thank the balance team for their contributions in:
- Summons
- Spell Revisions
- New Items
- Barbarians
- Blackguards
- Healers*
- Paladins
- Purple Dragon Knights
- Rangers

( * The first update I worked on Cortex with.)

Among other things.

Balance-wise, Arelith was in perhaps the best shape it'd ever been. These guys really made me proud.

[l33tfragiletings]

I'm pressing F to show my respect

F

[HA GOTEM I DIDNT ROLL]

bring back sollers




bring back the balance team

[miesny_jez]

Please lock because I'm tempted to reply and it wouldn't be nice.

[Irongron]

Please lock because I'm tempted to reply and it wouldn't be nice.

We really shouldn't. As with any other Kudos threads, they are for kudos only. and when people post something negative (which sadly can happen a lot) those doing so receive a warning. This is no different.

And really there is a huge amount to thank these guys for. That list of updates above were just excellent, and as I said later in the same often-quoted post was that the 'overwhelming majority' of what the did was very well received. These weren't just good additions, and in many cases solving existing problems, they were (and are) actually just fun to play too.

Though its also worth noting that many of this team are not quite 'late', with some on staff, certain others having received open invititions to join staff, and others posting their (often forthright) opinions here on the foum, almost all continue to offer valued input.

There is nothing wrong to raising a glass to what they achieved, and other who wish to post here should keep that in mind, but also please remember a kudos thread is purely to offer appreciation, not to discuss wider issues relating to the server.

[Tarkus the dog]

There have been a lot of good updates over the years, and I'm not sure why only now is this mentioned. A lot of classes were treated as 'memes' that nobody wanted to touch simply because they were vanilla, but now the only one that I can name on top of my mind is the dwarven defender. That's a big leap there.

[Sockss]

<3

[Cortex]

Thanks to these people for all the feedback and reason they provided:
Hexgoblin
Sockss
Scurvy
cj
Hunter
Peppermint

And for all the hard work of implementing as well as monter creation:
ActionReplay
dejapes/YCE
cj

I didn't deal with half of the above people prior to the creation of the team, and today they're among my best friends in the online world.

Thanks.

[Hexgoblin]

The balance team was a fun project to be part of, and I had the pleasure of meeting and befriending a fair few people who I'd never really interacted with before.

It really was something to be part of a group of individuals, most of who run over a decade deep as mechanically invested Arelith players, recounting past stories and experiences while weighing in on various topics. Especially since most of us had been on different sides from one another during in game faction conflicts and the like over the years, providing viewpoints from many corners of the community that'd otherwise rarely share their thoughts under one ceiling.

Did the team have its fair share of issues, through transitions between various stages of formality? Yes, it did. Were things peachy perfect even before the recent semi-drama? No. I'm not going to go ahead and say that the team was faultless in everything it did, or that things couldn't have been handled more professionally, because they absolutely could have been on our part. Its cancellation was not surprising. But it was a lot of fun while it lasted, a lot of good work was done, and I'm glad to still be in touch with most of those involved.

Furthermore, a gigantic kudos to ActionReplay and YellowCatEyes for all the implementation work and open-mindedness in discussion.

While my own time spent on Arelith has been steadily decreasing -- for entirely non-dramatic reasons, mind -- I sincerely do wish everyone involved the very best going onwards.

[Dr. B]

And really there is a huge amount to thank these guys for. That list of updates above were just excellent, and as I said later in the same often-quoted post was that the 'overwhelming majority' of what the did was very well received.

Why not bring them back then?

[NauVaseline]

I miss you guys.

+1

[TimeAdept]

bring them back