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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8120002" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>I believe that high level is less travelled. As I mentioned, my personal experience involves high level being common after 2e. I've also been to many conventions and peeked in on games being played in the common areas. Most of them were lower level(below 10th). A good number were high level, though. </p><p></p><p>I think the vast majority of players do not use D&D beyond or any online platform. Just like the players who go and debate on forums is not representative of players as a whole, neither are the ones who use D&D Beyond. I have no idea what the percentage of gamers is that use that platform, but I'd bet it's pretty low. I think that the percentage of groups who goes higher than 10th level is probably 20%.........maaaaaaaybe 25%. Still nowhere near a majority, but definitely a very significant minority.</p><p></p><p>The same reason every other corporation does it. To make it seem like their choices are good and/or to get you to buy what they are selling you. That they lie isn't in doubt. I don't know how much they lie, but given my experiences over many years and a wide variety of people, social groups and settings, and editions, I don't think 10% is accurate.</p><p></p><p>So D&D Beyond wants people to pay for all of their books a second time while using their platform. Lots of people don't want to do that. I'm certainly not going to and I can easily afford it. Groups of students, younger people and those others of lower means definitely aren't going to want to pay for books a second time AND also for the ongoing service.</p><p></p><p>The free version of D&D Beyond only offers up one or two subclasses per class and like one single crappy feat. All of the free users seem to be included in their numbers and I know that if I made a free PC, I'd quit in a few levels and just use a sheet offline, since there's stuff that D&D Beyond won't give me access to and I don't need that frustration. I think a lot of free users are quitting before they reach the upper levels and a good many are probably continuing on past 10th. The free version skews the numbers and WotC has to know it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8120002, member: 23751"] I believe that high level is less travelled. As I mentioned, my personal experience involves high level being common after 2e. I've also been to many conventions and peeked in on games being played in the common areas. Most of them were lower level(below 10th). A good number were high level, though. I think the vast majority of players do not use D&D beyond or any online platform. Just like the players who go and debate on forums is not representative of players as a whole, neither are the ones who use D&D Beyond. I have no idea what the percentage of gamers is that use that platform, but I'd bet it's pretty low. I think that the percentage of groups who goes higher than 10th level is probably 20%.........maaaaaaaybe 25%. Still nowhere near a majority, but definitely a very significant minority. The same reason every other corporation does it. To make it seem like their choices are good and/or to get you to buy what they are selling you. That they lie isn't in doubt. I don't know how much they lie, but given my experiences over many years and a wide variety of people, social groups and settings, and editions, I don't think 10% is accurate. So D&D Beyond wants people to pay for all of their books a second time while using their platform. Lots of people don't want to do that. I'm certainly not going to and I can easily afford it. Groups of students, younger people and those others of lower means definitely aren't going to want to pay for books a second time AND also for the ongoing service. The free version of D&D Beyond only offers up one or two subclasses per class and like one single crappy feat. All of the free users seem to be included in their numbers and I know that if I made a free PC, I'd quit in a few levels and just use a sheet offline, since there's stuff that D&D Beyond won't give me access to and I don't need that frustration. I think a lot of free users are quitting before they reach the upper levels and a good many are probably continuing on past 10th. The free version skews the numbers and WotC has to know it. [/QUOTE]
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