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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8793885" data-attributes="member: 6790260">[SPOILER]Sadly, in a certain sense, these &quot;survivor&quot; threads tend to favor the lowest common denominator. The initial few days of votes clear out the things that are either not generally liked at all, or super controversial. Once these easy pickings are removed, you see consolidation around two camps: the effective, and the traditional, for highly subjective definitions of both of those things. And, generally speaking, tradition will win out. It's why PHB options--when there are PHB options--are almost universally favored over non-PHB options. It's rare for a PHB option to be a true stinker (looking at you, Beast Master), but a lot of them are very &quot;safe.&quot;Essentially, because dislikes are 2x as powerful as likes, anything that is even mildly disliked, no matter what the reason or even for no reason, will evaporate in a puff of smoke. Anything that is blandly inoffensive is much more likely to survive to the final round, at which point all the stuff people felt strongly about will already be gone. And don't get me wrong, I get why dislikes have to be stronger than likes, we need the voting to end eventually. But the format essentially guarantees that anything novel or distinctive will get ground into the dust.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8793885, member: 6790260"] [SPOILER] Sadly, in a certain sense, these "survivor" threads tend to favor the lowest common denominator. The initial few days of votes clear out the things that are [I]either[/I] not generally liked at all, [I]or[/I] super controversial. Once these easy pickings are removed, you see consolidation around two camps: the [I]effective[/I], and the [I]traditional[/I], for highly subjective definitions of both of those things. And, generally speaking, tradition will win out. It's why PHB options--when there [I]are[/I] PHB options--are almost universally favored over non-PHB options. It's rare for a PHB option to be a true stinker (looking at [I]you[/I], Beast Master), but a lot of them are very "safe." Essentially, because dislikes are 2x as powerful as likes, anything that is even [I]mildly[/I] disliked, no matter what the reason or even for [I]no[/I] reason, will evaporate in a puff of smoke. Anything that is blandly inoffensive is much more likely to survive to the final round, at which point all the stuff people felt strongly about will already be gone. And don't get me wrong, I get why dislikes have to be stronger than likes, we need the voting to end eventually. But the format essentially guarantees that anything novel or distinctive will get ground into the dust.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]

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