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<blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 7726228" data-attributes="member: 40359">Unfortunately, there's really no telling why. Given my experience with all the gamers I know, I would presume it's because humans are more &quot;normal&quot; and fits their concept and has zero to do with how powerful they are.In face-to-face gaming, I have met 1 maybe 2 gamers who made decisions based on what's powerful. Even the level-dippers were just going for a way to mechanically express a prior concept they had for a character. Nothing wrong with picking what you want for any reason at all, of course! I just wouldn't presume one or the other (or a third or a combination or...) is the norm across all players. There are all sorts of different reasons why certain options will be more popular, and if I had to bet, I'd say there is no ONE reason why. It's likely humans and fighters have more than one reason going for them and it's the alignment of reasons that causes them to rise.i.e. Those interested in more power numbers-wise might gravitate towards options A, C, D, and G.Those who are interested in ease of use might go towards B, C, and F.Those who like characters similar to ones in books, movies, games, etc. might tend towards A, C, and F.(etc. for other reasons we could imagine)So C might really stand out, with A &amp; F in second, and E almost ignored. When people ask why so many like C but not E, all three reasons are, in some way, correct but also miss the points the others make.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenmarable, post: 7726228, member: 40359"] Unfortunately, there's really no telling why. Given my experience with all the gamers I know, I would presume it's because humans are more "normal" and fits their concept and has zero to do with how powerful they are. In face-to-face gaming, I have met 1 maybe 2 gamers who made decisions based on what's powerful. Even the level-dippers were just going for a way to mechanically express a prior concept they had for a character. Nothing wrong with picking what you want for any reason at all, of course! I just wouldn't presume one or the other (or a third or a combination or...) is the norm across all players. There are all sorts of different reasons why certain options will be more popular, and if I had to bet, I'd say there is no ONE reason why. It's likely humans and fighters have more than one reason going for them and it's the alignment of reasons that causes them to rise. i.e. Those interested in more power numbers-wise might gravitate towards options A, C, D, and G. Those who are interested in ease of use might go towards B, C, and F. Those who like characters similar to ones in books, movies, games, etc. might tend towards A, C, and F. (etc. for other reasons we could imagine) So C might really stand out, with A & F in second, and E almost ignored. When people ask why so many like C but not E, all three reasons are, in some way, correct but also miss the points the others make. [/QUOTE]

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