>>35163212Trolling aside, other game companies to this to varying effect. Look at fighting games, where top players are regularly asked to take part in balancing. Some even wind up getting paid to be a part of the dev process.
Gamefreak seems to want to push online as the new "postgame," but they have such a opaque process when it comes to balancing. You'd think they'd invite more of their top players into the process. I tend to think Gamefreak is clueless, but even they have to take note of the rampant power creep shitting up their multiplayer meta.
