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Yui was never meant to be used as a "game balance" feature at all. She was programmed to aid players to cope with mental stress considering the inherent aspect of a VRMMORPG.
However, her being disposed is probably another fact pointing that Kayaba probably wanted a VRMMORPG that can bring fantasy into reality, so no almighty AI as assist for players (which means the "game" has even less "game" flavor considering players are really on their own).
Cardinal is the only thing that was described as the main factor of game balance. And really, even if Yui was there to help people in their grief, that absolutely doesn't make the game any "fair", since she normally has -no- purpose of making the game easier whatsoever: if she was to use again admin privilege to nuke a boss, she would be considered rogue AI in that situation.
The game is "fair" as a regular MMORPG, but stops being reasonable when trial and error means permanent death. If SAO didn't have the "hardcore mode" toggled on permanently, the game would have been fairly normal in fact.
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