My common sense is tingling.

"There is no cow level."
- Blizzard Entertainment

You know, I always thought that a warrior was supposed to hit harder than a wizard. Or that a rogue is stealthier than the warrior. Or to think that a character with a higher grade of power should be more powerful than one with less? Of course.

So, what the hell is thing they call "balance"?

In simple games, it's easy to

"Level 20 Wizards - If it takes 20 levels just to be effective, you deserve the spotlight."

You know those tabletop RPGs with complex rules, right? I think I need not name any games specifically. I'm talking about those where, when the "Endgame" arrives, you have characters for whom you lob 73 dice for an attack or a spell, or you use a calculator to perform multiplications or divisions with