I know you have extensive character customization, but how much have you tried to safeguard against the inevitable emergent phenomenon in online games where people figure out the optimal type of character, which ends up getting propagated out as the build of the month? It seems like a game like this, where the idea is to have all these unique heroes, that would be particularly undesirable.
WY: That's always going to be a challenge in any game that has a lot of different varieties of tactics, powers, and strategies. I think the best way to combat that is to get the game out in front of people as early as possible with as much content.
Ideally, [we'll] have as long a beta as possible so we can tweak the different powers. Because I guarantee you that some designer or someone is going to create a power that looks cool by itself, and once we put it into the game, oh my god, a combination broke something.
So, it's really about being able to get all the cool things in and ferret out any broken issues, balance setup, and make sure that when we release the game, it's as balanced as it can be.
