How game Devs seem to balance
"The sauce is too thin so instead of adding flour/starch to thicken it. We are going to make the pasta and meat REALLY dry in hopes it will compensate!"
"Oh? The broccoli is undercooked? Let's burn the bread and hope it balances the meal out!"
How about, address direct problems directly. Does too much damage? Don't remove it's speed run, Nerf damage. Cooldowns too long? Buff cooldowns. Dies too fast? Don't nerf counteractive items just BUFF it's own defense!
Hopefully, my one and only sodium chloride post :)
