[quote=@Skallagrim]
So far the NoW field looks balanced even though some (Melon) will complain, but if he didn't we'd know someone hacked his account. All characters thus far have been compared to a baseline character. Some a smidge over, some a smidge under but everyone can beat everyone else and that is parity.
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Yep, that is how you'll be able to tell.