D&D 5E Why does Wizards of the Coast hate Wizards?

[Todd Roybark]

So read the most recent Unearthed Arcana....Major flavor/Mechanical bonuses for Sorcerer, followed by Bard and Warlock.....and next to nothing for the Wizard...unless you are a Diviner (& even then not much gain).

-Any flavor/enhancement to the Spellbook....nope.
-Any Expertise like enhancement to the Arcana or Investigation skill.....nope....that Arcane Trickster with Expertise Arcana is a better scholar than Wizard,
(and has a better True Strike alternative with Aim now)
-Automatic Tool Prof in Calligrapahy...nope


WOTC needs more love for Barbarians and Wizards in 5e

 

[5ekyu]

So read the most recent Unearthed Arcana....Major flavor/Mechanical bonuses for Sorcerer, followed by Bard and Warlock.....and next to nothing for the Wizard...unless you are a Diviner (& even then not much gain).

-Any flavor/enhancement to the Spellbook....nope.
-Any Expertise like enhancement to the Arcana or Investigation skill.....nope....that Arcane Trickster with Expertise Arcana is a better scholar than Wizard,
(and has a better True Strike alternative with Aim now)
-Automatic Tool Prof in Calligrapahy...nope


WOTC needs more love for Barbarians and Wizards in 5e

As the designer noted this was about versatility and flexibility adds, not power. Wizard already had those. Also already had short rest slot recoveries. Personally, really like those spells.

 

[MonkeezOnFire]

Whenever they release any kind of expansion or options that includes all the classes at least one of them usually gets the short end of the stick. It's playtest material that hasn't been very carefully balanced yet so it happens. I especially get the feeling that the last UA was just as much about the structure of adding in these options than it was about the options themselves.

That being said the wizard class in particular doesn't have many weaknesses that really need shoring up which seems to have been the focus with enhancements being much more prevalent than alternatives.

 

[Celebrim]

In general, the problem is that usually wizards as the eldest child receive a disproportionate share of the love and attention, and WotC has to go back and try to correct this imbalance to some extent.

Usually what I see is also overcorrection where the class neglected in a prior edition, in this case Bard, gets a bit too much love. (In 3e, it was Cleric and Druid, with Rogue also getting a lot of love but considering how weak Rogue/Thief had been in 2e/1e it was needed.)

 

[Sacrosanct]

The company that created the Angel Summoner with his BMX Bike sidekick hates wizards? Ok...

 

[LordEntrails]

Do you get it yet? WotC doesn't hate Wizards. They simple got it (close enough) right the first time out and don't need to mess with them.

 

[Bardic Dave]

The company that created the Angel Summoner with his BMX Bike sidekick hates wizards? Ok...

That's BMX Bandit to you! And for your information, he's like, really, REALLY good with his bike! I once saw him disarm a terrorist by popping a wheelie! No joke!

 

[sneazzy95]

disarming a terrorist with a wheel, that's incredible !


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[Bardic Dave]

disarming a terrorist with a wheel, that's incredible !

*wheelie! And yes, it is! On another occasion, he did an endo and kicked up dirt into the eyes of some kidnappers! I was blown away by his mad BMX skills!

 

[lowkey13]

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