assuming enough rejected the idea outright, no. We did not have that however imo, it was an even split in the worst case, depending on whether you accurately identified those liking the idea but not the execution, or not - and I have my doubts they did
even 60% ‘never liked it’ does not reach the 70% threshold
70% is the threshold for inclusion in the final product. 60% is the threshold for being worth working on to try to bring up to 70% or better. Jeremy Crawford says as much in the very video we’re discussing.
You're going to have to forgive me my tinfoil hat moment...
It's not a mistake, that's a year of playtesting. How many years do you think they should spend playtesting for something out in 2024?
HOW is that "wants other classes to suck?" It's not.
done nothing. It was a theoretical argument to demonstrate his ranting is not done in isolation, but that he might not be considering the views of others. It was not a real life statement on an actual survey result.
That doesn’t seem suspicious to me at all. All else being equal, people tend to favor familiar options over new ones. A change being additive like weapon mastery, or perceived as a needed fix like species ability score adjustments tip the balance in favor of that change, but other changes have to overcome that bias towards the familiar. Also, you seem to be overlooking changes that did overcome that familiarity bias, such as subclasses starting at 3rd level for all classes, all feats being “half feats”, and a bunch of spell and rules glossary changes.
Literally they have been saying all along that this is not a new edition, they just want to bring the existing rules up to date with more recent designs, and that they would start with the most experimental changes and weed out whatever doesn’t excite people. This is beyond tinfoil, this is straight up refusing to believe them when they explicitly told you what their goals were and what process they would use to achieve those goals, and then inventing an ulterior motive when they do exactly what they said they would do.
I think you guys have changed my mind. Templates and unique abilities don't need to be in a book at all, because either one can be added on the fly, as-needed.
