In post 3798, Kast wrote:Think of it like this: a chess game is balanced if both players start with the same pieces. If you remove the queen (2 shot extra night killer) from one team, it is no longer balanced. If you remove the knight (town cop) from one team, it would ALSO be unbalanced. However, the degree of imbalance is much less in the second case.
A game is only 'balanced' in the raw, unadulterated state. That's reality.
The minute actual game-play occurs that theoretical balance gives way to gameplay and decision making.
You can't expect the game to be balanced pre-game for the possibility that Toog (or any player) plays badly and is lynched or makes poor use of his abilities. That's an absurd stance to take.