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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 4019113" data-attributes="member: 22260"><p>Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords</p><p></p><p>There where 4 initial polls for WotC products. B9S was in the first one: core rules. This was the poll that got the most votes. Here was the results, ranked by votes</p><p></p><p>Unearthed Arcana I LIKED 275| 0.714285714| 0.8899676</p><p>Spell Compendium I LIKED 241| 0.625974026| 0.8607143</p><p>Draconomicon I LIKED 231| 0.6 |0.8461538</p><p>Magic Item Compendium I LIKED 214| 0.555844156| 0.8136882</p><p>Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead I LIKED 212| 0.550649351| 0.8412698</p><p>Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations I LIKED 211| 0.548051948| 0.8577236</p><p>Manual of the Planes I LIKED 190| 0.493506494| 0.7630522</p><p>Fiend Folio I LIKED 187| 0.485714286| 0.7957447</p><p>Expanded Psionics Handbook I LIKED 186| 0.483116883| 0.7294118</p><p>Monster Manual II I LIKED 186| 0.483116883| 0.7018868</p><p>Dungeon Master’s Guide II I LIKED 179| 0.464935065| 0.7246964</p><p>Monster Manual III I LIKED 178| 0.462337662| 0.7385892</p><p>Book of Vile Darkness I LIKED 174| 0.451948052| 0.6744186</p><p>Oriental Adventures I LIKED 170| 0.441558442| 0.7142857</p><p><strong>Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords I LIKED 146| 0.3792207790| .5959184</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Book of Exalted Deeds I LIKED 120| 0.311688312| 0.48583</p><p>Arms and Equipment Guide I LIKED 117| 0.303896104| 0.5223214</p><p>Monster Manual V I LIKED 115| 0.298701299| 0.6216216</p><p>Rules Compendium I LIKED 104| 0.27012987| 0.6419753</p><p>Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic I LIKED 103| 0.267532468| 0.4951923</p><p>Monster Manual IV I LIKED 94| 0.244155844| 0.47</p><p>Deities and Demigods I LIKED 89| 0.231168831| 0.3787234</p><p>Miniatures Handbook I LIKED 85| 0.220779221| 0.410628</p><p>Epic Level Handbook I LIKED 76| 0.197402597| 0.2867925</p><p>Dragon Magic I LIKED 73| 0.18961039| 0.4424242</p><p>Weapons of Legacy I LIKED 60| 0.155844156| 0.2803738</p><p>(out of order) Magic of Incarnum I LIKED 54| 0.14025974| 0.2903226</p><p>Elder Evils I LIKED 43| 0.111688312| 0.4387755</p><p>Exemplars of Evil I LIKED 28| 0.072727273| 0.2745098</p><p>Enemies and Allies I LIKED 25| 0.064935065| 0.1602564</p><p></p><p>The first percent is of total voters that liked. The second is the percentage that liked that had an opinion. Which meant that 40% voted they did not like B9S. </p><p></p><p>What stands out is that it is solidly in the middle. This is also true when you compare its %s to the other polls. Like I said, about 40 products got higher %s, either in terms of overall voters, or those % of those that expressed an opinion on the product. </p><p></p><p>And when I look at the winners, I am not surprised. Eberon was mentioned above. Do you really think B9S has had the same kind of impact Eberon has? Or PHB II? Or the Warlock from Complete Arcane. Do you think it has seen the kind of use that the Spell Compendium has? And it definately doesn't get the "love" that some like Draconominicon has. I think the polls are on to something.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 4019113, member: 22260"] Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords There where 4 initial polls for WotC products. B9S was in the first one: core rules. This was the poll that got the most votes. Here was the results, ranked by votes Unearthed Arcana I LIKED 275| 0.714285714| 0.8899676 Spell Compendium I LIKED 241| 0.625974026| 0.8607143 Draconomicon I LIKED 231| 0.6 |0.8461538 Magic Item Compendium I LIKED 214| 0.555844156| 0.8136882 Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead I LIKED 212| 0.550649351| 0.8412698 Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations I LIKED 211| 0.548051948| 0.8577236 Manual of the Planes I LIKED 190| 0.493506494| 0.7630522 Fiend Folio I LIKED 187| 0.485714286| 0.7957447 Expanded Psionics Handbook I LIKED 186| 0.483116883| 0.7294118 Monster Manual II I LIKED 186| 0.483116883| 0.7018868 Dungeon Master’s Guide II I LIKED 179| 0.464935065| 0.7246964 Monster Manual III I LIKED 178| 0.462337662| 0.7385892 Book of Vile Darkness I LIKED 174| 0.451948052| 0.6744186 Oriental Adventures I LIKED 170| 0.441558442| 0.7142857 [B]Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords I LIKED 146| 0.3792207790| .5959184 [/B] Book of Exalted Deeds I LIKED 120| 0.311688312| 0.48583 Arms and Equipment Guide I LIKED 117| 0.303896104| 0.5223214 Monster Manual V I LIKED 115| 0.298701299| 0.6216216 Rules Compendium I LIKED 104| 0.27012987| 0.6419753 Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic I LIKED 103| 0.267532468| 0.4951923 Monster Manual IV I LIKED 94| 0.244155844| 0.47 Deities and Demigods I LIKED 89| 0.231168831| 0.3787234 Miniatures Handbook I LIKED 85| 0.220779221| 0.410628 Epic Level Handbook I LIKED 76| 0.197402597| 0.2867925 Dragon Magic I LIKED 73| 0.18961039| 0.4424242 Weapons of Legacy I LIKED 60| 0.155844156| 0.2803738 (out of order) Magic of Incarnum I LIKED 54| 0.14025974| 0.2903226 Elder Evils I LIKED 43| 0.111688312| 0.4387755 Exemplars of Evil I LIKED 28| 0.072727273| 0.2745098 Enemies and Allies I LIKED 25| 0.064935065| 0.1602564 The first percent is of total voters that liked. The second is the percentage that liked that had an opinion. Which meant that 40% voted they did not like B9S. What stands out is that it is solidly in the middle. This is also true when you compare its %s to the other polls. Like I said, about 40 products got higher %s, either in terms of overall voters, or those % of those that expressed an opinion on the product. And when I look at the winners, I am not surprised. Eberon was mentioned above. Do you really think B9S has had the same kind of impact Eberon has? Or PHB II? Or the Warlock from Complete Arcane. Do you think it has seen the kind of use that the Spell Compendium has? And it definately doesn't get the "love" that some like Draconominicon has. I think the polls are on to something. [/QUOTE]
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