D&D 5E (2024) A critical analysis of 2024's revised classes

[mamba]

Yet for some things they literally only tried one single time and then completely gave up for public playtest, meaning you had half-baked (sub)classes that needed fixing in 5.5e

they had the same approach in the 2024 UAs, did not like that then either

 

[mamba]

I can't think of anything that transformed from bad to good given enough time. If people disliked something once, they continued to dislike it.

if that is due to there being next to nothing rather than to it being over a decade ago, I find that an interesting factoid. I would have thought refining / tweaking things could improve things, but this sounds like you are better off trying a new approach altogether and see how people like that one while iterating looks like a lost cause