Balancing classes

To me, balance is that ranged can survive ranged attacks without being one-shotted (probably a moot point), and melee can soak up damage like no tomorrow and aren't slow as molasses. Nothing else really. It should be a given ranged should be dealing more damage than melee. Also that mages should be among the top tier for DPS.

I actually like the idea of there being a threat of dying.

Anyways, the classes don't need balancing, unless it's a game-wide change. If anything needs to be revamped, it's the monsters.

Since Chaos (in KMS), there have been roughly 5 relevant additions (PvP, Ardentmill, PQ Revamp, Aswan, Part-Time Job), the rest has been just revamps/new classes. No more fucking class changes.