The Issue of the 10%-20% Power Differentiation

[Vancha]

Bags you're saying the same stuff I addressed in IRC...

I don't think you could deny that most of the speculated "criticism" of the 20% thing is toward upsetting some balance between a new player and a fully levelled-up veteran. I'm pretty sure the point of using map knowledge and such was to put into perspective just how little a difference skills will make in that regard, not that because veterans already have an advantage that they don't care about making a level playing field (do you honestly expect any developer to say such a thing?)