Asymmetric Game Balance: Designing Radically Distinct Factions

StarCraft and Root design philosophy: Giving players entirely different rules while preserving win parity.

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Rock-Paper-Scissors Systems vs. Asymmetry

Balancing fast swarming factions against slow, heavily fortified juggernauts.

Allowing different factions to compete for distinct objectives rather than simple health bar depletion.

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