doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
See, now we're talking about the market as a whole, which does seem to appreciate iconic charscters. Again, look at PF, but also 13th Age, most of what c7 makes, etc.WotC gave up the practice of trying to market "Iconics" as of 4E, just using them as art assets. I know of nobody who cared, and the lack of them as features moving forwards suggests that the marketplace is similarly disinterested.
anecdotally, like your "I know no one that cares", many ppl I know have expressed a desire to see iconics in DnD. Most seem to have forgetten or never realized that the people in the 3e books had names. Wotc never did a good job of its iconics. That's probably why they just dropped it.
either way, I've never seen a single person express active dislike of them, to the point where it might decrease their interest in a product, so saying it would be a mistake to include them seems pretty weird.