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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7882332" data-attributes="member: 996">The right basic idea is, obviously &quot;our soon-to-be-customers don't play high level.&quot;&nbsp; Which had been a truism for some time.&nbsp;It's the assertion that truism wasn't the result of the slow advancement, lack of challenge or ever-worsening balance, as you left the sweet spot, that I didn't find compelling. WotC got rid of the vast exp targets after name level, and came out with an epic-level handbook, so there must've been something in their data to suggest some interest in such things.OTOH, they contracted the sweet spot and made class balance the worst it'd ever be, spurring the community to come up with E6.So, while we might infer what unrealesed data might have suggested based on the actions taken in response to it, it might be a mistake to assume infallibility on their part, when trying to do so, much as it might simplify the exercise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7882332, member: 996"] The right basic idea is, obviously "our soon-to-be-customers don't play high level." Which had been a truism for some time. It's the assertion that truism wasn't the result of the slow advancement, lack of challenge or ever-worsening balance, as you left the sweet spot, that I didn't find compelling. WotC got rid of the vast exp targets after name level, and came out with an epic-level handbook, so there must've been something in their data to suggest some interest in such things. OTOH, they contracted the sweet spot and made class balance the worst it'd ever be, spurring the community to come up with E6. So, while we might infer what unrealesed data might have suggested based on the actions taken in response to it, it might be a mistake to assume infallibility on their part, when trying to do so, much as it might simplify the exercise. [/QUOTE]

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