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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7485283" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>These would probably be among the 10% of fans in 2015 who decided the ranger was underpowered. A percentage that has only gone down. But said 10% would also include people who never liked the ranger and would be unhappy with any implementation of the class <u>and</u> people who don’t like rangers who casts spells and won’t be happy with any spellcaster rangers. </p><p></p><p>So, the percentage that might play a variant range is inherently <10%</p><p></p><p>But this is also a <em>potential</em> audience. They *might* play a ranger if it’s changed. But they also might not. And it’s favouring them instead of the people actually playing a ranger, who may not play an altered ranger. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Apparently less than the people who play the other four classes less popular than the ranger. </p><p>Shouldn’t those be a higher focus? </p><p>(It’s almost as if most players care about other factors than inherent class power.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>That’s not a useful statement.</p><p>How many people are satisfied with any class but would really like it to be a bit more powerful? I don’t think anyone would complain about <em>more</em> power. </p><p>Well... players who are primarily concerned about combat power at least. Which is not everyone. </p><p></p><p>Plus, it’s not like the ranger class is bottom of the power rankings. It has the lowest ranked subclass, but others subclasses do just fine. </p><p>And there is always going to be a subclass at the bottom. You could double the power level of the beast master and people would just find the next lowest subclass and gripe about that instead. Trying to balance all subclasses is and endless task. </p><p></p><p></p><p>True. </p><p>But it also doesn’t mean there’s only 5000 people who aren’t happy. Should we bow to the weight of 5000 dissatisfied fans?</p><p></p><p>We don’t know the full numbers. But WotC does. And they decided that the ratio of unhappy fans in 2015 was worth doing something about, but the ratio of unhappy fans in 2017 and 2018 changes the dynamic and was not worth doing something about. </p><p></p><p>Yes, the totally number of unhappy fans has not changed, but the number of happy fans has grown substantially, and the ratio is different. </p><p></p><p></p><p>...</p><p>0.1% of 13.75 million is only 13,750 people.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7485283, member: 37579"] These would probably be among the 10% of fans in 2015 who decided the ranger was underpowered. A percentage that has only gone down. But said 10% would also include people who never liked the ranger and would be unhappy with any implementation of the class [U]and[/U] people who don’t like rangers who casts spells and won’t be happy with any spellcaster rangers. So, the percentage that might play a variant range is inherently <10% But this is also a [I]potential[/I] audience. They *might* play a ranger if it’s changed. But they also might not. And it’s favouring them instead of the people actually playing a ranger, who may not play an altered ranger. Apparently less than the people who play the other four classes less popular than the ranger. Shouldn’t those be a higher focus? (It’s almost as if most players care about other factors than inherent class power.) That’s not a useful statement. How many people are satisfied with any class but would really like it to be a bit more powerful? I don’t think anyone would complain about [I]more[/I] power. Well... players who are primarily concerned about combat power at least. Which is not everyone. Plus, it’s not like the ranger class is bottom of the power rankings. It has the lowest ranked subclass, but others subclasses do just fine. And there is always going to be a subclass at the bottom. You could double the power level of the beast master and people would just find the next lowest subclass and gripe about that instead. Trying to balance all subclasses is and endless task. True. But it also doesn’t mean there’s only 5000 people who aren’t happy. Should we bow to the weight of 5000 dissatisfied fans? We don’t know the full numbers. But WotC does. And they decided that the ratio of unhappy fans in 2015 was worth doing something about, but the ratio of unhappy fans in 2017 and 2018 changes the dynamic and was not worth doing something about. Yes, the totally number of unhappy fans has not changed, but the number of happy fans has grown substantially, and the ratio is different. ... 0.1% of 13.75 million is only 13,750 people. [/QUOTE]
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