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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7561395" data-attributes="member: 6795602">I think it will be beneficial to work out some solutions for analyzing a dataset of D&amp;D characters.&nbsp; How best to address the multiclassing problem, the subclass problem, the paywall problem and the made vs played problem.So let's first tackle the paywall problem.With regular D&amp;D people may test out D&amp;D 5e for free with just the basic 5e pdfs.&nbsp; Those people are definitely part of the population of all D&amp;D players.&nbsp; D&amp;D Beyond may also have some people that are testing out 5e with free content the same way.&nbsp; However, some people (probably a large portion) will already be playing 5e with at least the players handbook and will be trying out D&amp;D Beyond with the free material to see if it's worth spending actual money on for them.If possible we want to include those players who are trying out D&amp;D there the first time but exclude those players who just make a character from free material to test out D&amp;D Beyond.&nbsp; Those players may also test out leveling a character and some other features as well.&nbsp; I don't think there's going to be a way to separate which players are which.&nbsp; So I would think the best option would be to simply exclude all users that only have access to free content from the comparisons.In fact I'd go a step further and say the sample population most closely resmembes the actual population of all D&amp;D players are the players that buy the PHB and at least 1 supplemental book on D&amp;D Beyond.&nbsp; Why is that?&nbsp; Because those players are showing they will have access to most of the options they find interesting in the game on D&amp;D Beyond.&nbsp; Home groups tend to already do that by sharing books.&nbsp; So a given player doesn't actually need to own a book like xanathar's to make a hexblade in real life.&nbsp; But on D&amp;D Beyond he would need personally spend money on buying xanathars (at least I don't think there's a group sharing option on D&amp;D Beyond, someone correct me if I'm wrong).Anyone else have thoughts on this methodology and reasoning?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7561395, member: 6795602"] I think it will be beneficial to work out some solutions for analyzing a dataset of D&D characters. How best to address the multiclassing problem, the subclass problem, the paywall problem and the made vs played problem. So let's first tackle the paywall problem. With regular D&D people may test out D&D 5e for free with just the basic 5e pdfs. Those people are definitely part of the population of all D&D players. D&D Beyond may also have some people that are testing out 5e with free content the same way. However, some people (probably a large portion) will already be playing 5e with at least the players handbook and will be trying out D&D Beyond with the free material to see if it's worth spending actual money on for them. If possible we want to include those players who are trying out D&D there the first time but exclude those players who just make a character from free material to test out D&D Beyond. Those players may also test out leveling a character and some other features as well. I don't think there's going to be a way to separate which players are which. So I would think the best option would be to simply exclude all users that only have access to free content from the comparisons. In fact I'd go a step further and say the sample population most closely resmembes the actual population of all D&D players are the players that buy the PHB and at least 1 supplemental book on D&D Beyond. Why is that? Because those players are showing they will have access to most of the options they find interesting in the game on D&D Beyond. Home groups tend to already do that by sharing books. So a given player doesn't actually need to own a book like xanathar's to make a hexblade in real life. But on D&D Beyond he would need personally spend money on buying xanathars (at least I don't think there's a group sharing option on D&D Beyond, someone correct me if I'm wrong). Anyone else have thoughts on this methodology and reasoning? [/QUOTE]

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