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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9210908" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I mean, when the fans caterwaul about anything that might potentially, possibly unseat the Wizard in any of the things it does, it's more than a little tempting to just say, &quot;Alright, if you consider small tweaks to be tantamount to removing the class...why don't we just bite the bullet and do that?&quot;And if you think I'm engaging in hyperbole here, I'm not, [USER=6807784]@Shardstone[/USER]. The sheer volume of Wizard-fan hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth that came out because of the UA &quot;Spell Versatility&quot; feature for Sorcerers is proof positive of what I'm talking about. Or you can go back further, to where Rob Heinsoo explicitly said in an interview that he had to constantly fight a rearguard action against other designers continually dropping little buffs on it until it was just a little bit better than every other class.There really is a demonstrable push for Wizards specifically, and spellcasters generally, to just be the very best, like no one ever was. Sometimes, it's enough of a thing to genuinely make me wish we could just yeet the Wizard (and Cleric) into the Sun and completely overhaul the way D&amp;D characters approach magic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9210908, member: 6790260"] I mean, when the fans caterwaul about anything that might [I]potentially, possibly[/I] unseat the Wizard in any of the things it does, it's more than a little tempting to just say, "Alright, if you consider small tweaks to be tantamount to removing the class...why don't we just bite the bullet and [I]do[/I] that?" And if you think I'm engaging in hyperbole here, I'm not, [USER=6807784]@Shardstone[/USER]. The sheer volume of Wizard-fan hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth that came out because of the UA "Spell Versatility" feature for Sorcerers is proof positive of what I'm talking about. Or you can go back further, to where Rob Heinsoo explicitly said in an interview that he had to constantly fight a rearguard action against other designers continually dropping [I]little[/I] buffs on it until it was just a little bit better than every other class. There really is a demonstrable push for Wizards specifically, and spellcasters generally, to just be the very best, like no one ever was. Sometimes, it's enough of a [I]thing[/I] to genuinely make me wish we could just yeet the Wizard (and Cleric) into the Sun and completely overhaul the way D&D characters approach magic. [/QUOTE]

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