D&D (2024) More People Test One D&D Origins Playtest Than D&D Next

WotC has announced that more people have playtested the first One D&D playtest than the number of people who playtested the entirety of the D&D Next playtest 10 years ago, which led to the release of D&D 5E. The number of people who playtested D&D Next, according to the credits in the 5E Player's Handbook, was over 175,000 people.

In the first week alone, more of you have playtested One D&D than in the entirety of 5e playtesting!

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape the future of Dungeons & Dragons!

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

I can understand the abilities bonus in the background instead the lineages/races to avoid the typecasting of these, but I beg for the return of the racial feats with abilities bonus.

 

[Marandahir]

Yeah. The downloads is probably how they are tracking it. They're probably guessing at a margin of error, though, because there's no way they can know how many are like me and just reading and digesting the rules, but not actually playtesting them.

I'm not surprised at the numbers of downloads, though. D&D took off after 5e was released, so the huge numbers of D&D players that we have now weren't around for the 5e playtest.

Until you respond and tell them you didn't actually use those rules in play. Assuming you're honest with them!

 

[Maxperson]

Until you respond and tell them you didn't actually use those rules in play. Assuming you're honest with them!

I always am. It doesn't help things to lie and they always have a section for comments where I can say my piece.

 

[Marandahir]

I always am. It doesn't help things to lie and they always have a section for comments where I can say my piece.

Wasn't suggesting you were lying to them! Just that that is an option that some people might want to do. I don't think it's a useful one to try to game the system by lying on a playtest survey response, though…

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Interesting note is that they did notnsokicit any feedback on Half-Elves or Half-Orcs being replaced with refluffing.

Not specifically, but I used the freeform "any other comments" textbox toward the end to talk about that aspect at length.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Not specifically, but I used the freeform "any other comments" textbox toward the end to talk about that aspect at length.

I always wonder both "how much" they read those comments and "who" reads those comments. I assume someone in the survey company reads them and looks for general trends and reports to WotC on those trends? Anyone ever work in the survey business have an idea?

 

[Charlaquin]

That’s not at all surprising to me, given how much bigger D&D is now than it was then.

 

[Zaukrie]

I always wonder both "how much" they read those comments and "who" reads those comments. I assume someone in the survey company reads them and looks for general trends and reports to WotC on those trends? Anyone ever work in the survey business have an idea?

Comments are more important than rankings, and it isn't close. We acted on comments, we used rankings to give us general ideas.

 

[Charlaquin]

I told them I didn't test anything, and was still asked about them all. Maybe there were more undepth questions for you?

Same

 

[Leatherhead]

Interesting. They excluded the Cultist background from the feedback selections. I might not have noticed it, if not for actually building a cultist character while messing around with the rules.