A new survey is up on the official D&D website. It looks like its covering the classes not in the last survey and the recent Eberron material. WotC also reports on what was learned from the last survey. "For our second survey, we’re focused on the final six classes in the game and the Eberron material that we rolled out in last month’s Unearthed Arcana. If you haven’t looked at that article and want to provide feedback, read it over and come back to the survey later. Even if you don’t have a chance to use the Eberron material in your game, your reactions to it are helpful. You can also skip over the Eberron questions if you don’t want to give feedback on that material."
Here's the overall feedback from the first survey:
The ranger, in particular, is getting some focus:
Hop on over here to take the new survey!
Here's the overall feedback from the first survey:
"So, what did we learn from our last survey? Let’s take a look at some trends:
To start with, there are a lot of you. We had more people respond to this survey than any of our playtest surveys. A lot of people are into D&D these days!
There are a lot of new players and DMs out there. Welcome to D&D!
You are playing the game in droves. Only about 10 percent of you have read the books without yet playing.
Your campaigns are just getting started. Most of you are playing at 6th level and below.
You love the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and we’re overjoyed to be able to write that. The overall assessment was incredibly positive, surpassing our results from the playtest by a significant margin."
To start with, there are a lot of you. We had more people respond to this survey than any of our playtest surveys. A lot of people are into D&D these days!
There are a lot of new players and DMs out there. Welcome to D&D!
You are playing the game in droves. Only about 10 percent of you have read the books without yet playing.
Your campaigns are just getting started. Most of you are playing at 6th level and below.
You love the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons, and we’re overjoyed to be able to write that. The overall assessment was incredibly positive, surpassing our results from the playtest by a significant margin."
The ranger, in particular, is getting some focus:
"To start with, a majority of players and Dungeon Masters are happy with the ranger overall. The game as a whole is grading well, so we don’t want to make a huge, sudden change to that class. But taking a deeper dive into the ranger, we can see that favored enemy and the beast master archetype received the lowest ratings. Our next step is to take a closer look at why that is.
We’ll start with an internal assessment mixed with feedback from our closed circle of testers. From there, we’ll work up some options and present them to you, most likely in the Unearthed Arcana column. That process allows us to determine if the track we’re on answers your concerns with the class.
The critical step is making sure that any changes we make genuinely improve the class. Remember, plenty of people are happy with the ranger, so any changes need to cover a number of options:
People who like the ranger as it is can simply keep playing their current characters.
People who don’t like the ranger should feel as though the new options allow them to play the ranger they want to create.
The new options are exactly that—new choices for ranger players to select from, as opposed to a rewrite of the Player’s Handbook.
DMs should always feel that they can take or leave the new options, just like any other material in the game beyond the Basic Rules."
We’ll start with an internal assessment mixed with feedback from our closed circle of testers. From there, we’ll work up some options and present them to you, most likely in the Unearthed Arcana column. That process allows us to determine if the track we’re on answers your concerns with the class.
The critical step is making sure that any changes we make genuinely improve the class. Remember, plenty of people are happy with the ranger, so any changes need to cover a number of options:
People who like the ranger as it is can simply keep playing their current characters.
People who don’t like the ranger should feel as though the new options allow them to play the ranger they want to create.
The new options are exactly that—new choices for ranger players to select from, as opposed to a rewrite of the Player’s Handbook.
DMs should always feel that they can take or leave the new options, just like any other material in the game beyond the Basic Rules."
Hop on over here to take the new survey!
