D&D 5E Most played classes in your local gaming area?

[Larrin]

My experience seems to be reversed from the popular vote. At the weekly adventure leagues I've played in, I don't think I've ever been in a party that didn't have a Bard (occasionally multiple bards), and most of them have had a monk. On the other hand I've barely ever seen rogues, certainly none of our regular players.

 

[MiraMels]

How do you vote for "ranger/rogue" and "anything/warlock 2" because those are by far the most common

 

[Blue]

Summary Monday 5:45pm EST.

So I took the listed percentages of each poll, subtracted the percentage of least played from the most to get a net most/least seen. Positive numbers are that they show up as frequently played more than they show up as not played.

The last number is a simple "out of 100" with the the highest ranked as 100, the lowest as 0, and then others ranked relative.

Rogue	13.39%	100
Fighter	9.23%	84
Barbarian	6.19%	72
Wizard	5.56%	69
Paladin	4.86%	67
Cleric	-1.31%	43
Bard	-1.63%	41
Warlock	-3.80%	33
Ranger	-6.68%	22
Druid	-6.75%	21
Sorcerer	-6.80%	21
Monk	-12.25%	0

Rogue and Monk are our extremes, neither particularly close to the runners up. Fighter is also strong and ahead of the pack. Barbarian, Wizard and Paladin round up the positive, and none have only a trivial amount. Median falls between the cleric and the bard, but both are more likely to be on the "we don't see it" than "most played", but only by a small margin. Warlock falls below, but not by too much. Ranger, Druid and Sorcerer fall below by about the same % that Barbarian and Wizard are above.

(reposted from the Least Seen poll)

 

[Vymair]

Over 7 campaigns, 6 clerics, 5 1/2 fighters, 5 Paladins, 4 1/2 Rogues.

 

[Ogre Mage]

Summary Monday 5:45pm EST.

So I took the listed percentages of each poll, subtracted the percentage of least played from the most to get a net most/least seen. Positive numbers are that they show up as frequently played more than they show up as not played.

The last number is a simple "out of 100" with the the highest ranked as 100, the lowest as 0, and then others ranked relative.

Rogue	13.39%	100
Fighter	9.23%	84
Barbarian	6.19%	72
Wizard	5.56%	69
Paladin	4.86%	67
Cleric	-1.31%	43
Bard	-1.63%	41
Warlock	-3.80%	33
Ranger	-6.68%	22
Druid	-6.75%	21
Sorcerer	-6.80%	21
Monk	-12.25%	0

Rogue and Monk are our extremes, neither particularly close to the runners up. Fighter is also strong and ahead of the pack. Barbarian, Wizard and Paladin round up the positive, and none have only a trivial amount. Median falls between the cleric and the bard, but both are more likely to be on the "we don't see it" than "most played", but only by a small margin. Warlock falls below, but not by too much. Ranger, Druid and Sorcerer fall below by about the same % that Barbarian and Wizard are above.

(reposted from the Least Seen poll)

Thanks for doing this!

I thought the fighter would place in the middle of the pack and am slightly surprised to see it in a strong second place behind the rogue. Of course, it is a longstanding core class in D&D with a great deal of potential inspirational material in fantasy literature and media. It is not a full spellcaster so it is reasonably friendly for inexperienced players. And the mechanical implementation of the class in 5E looks solid to me. One thing both the fighter and rogue have in common is the ability to take an additional action (action surge and cunning action). I wonder if that is related to their high ranking?

The monk is clearly the most unpopular class, but the ranger, druid and sorcerer show significant levels of unpopularity as well. In the case of the ranger, we could surmise a major reason for this is the much-discussed problems surrounding the beast master subclass. If this poll had been done before the UA revision the ranger might have ranked even lower. I am a fan of the druid, but between being a full spellcaster and wildshaping it is one of most complex classes to run. That may be unappealing to some players. I have heard a fair amount of complaining about the sorcerer, mainly that it doesn't have enough spells. The subclasses were initially very limited -- just draconic and wild. I and many other players would have preferred more subclass options like in Pathfinder. They are starting to come but right now most are not AL legal. This is a case where my local gaming area is an anomaly to the poll data -- I have seen many sorcerers. Satisfaction with the class varied. Some liked it, but one woman I played with hated her sorcerer so much that she dumped it and ran a wizard instead.

 

[hastur_nz]

Fighter (just) - every group I've played in, or DM'd, has had one or more Fighters, then around 4 other PC's. For example my two current games are:
1) Fighter(Champion, Greatweapon), Paladin(Vengance), Fighter(Eldritch Knight)/Mystic, Monk, Bard, Sorcerer(gone), Cleric (replaced Sorcerer).
2) Fighter(Champion, Protection), Barbarian(Beserker), Cleric(Arcana), Rogue/Warlock, Sorcerer.
The group I was DMing last year was:
3) Fighter(Battle Master, Greatweapon), Fighter(Champion, Greatweapon), Warlock, Monk, Bard, Druid.

Finally in 5e, Fighters are strong across all levels of play, and it's very easy to make a quite distinctive character, that's fun to play and has a level of complexity that suits your play style (from very simple, to somewhat complex).