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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6244111" data-attributes="member: 2525">Again implying people who differ with your view have not played as much as you and so they just don't understand?&nbsp; I guess you missed this post above.&nbsp; It's meant for you, so here it is again:I am still waiting for actual evidence, beyond personal anecdote, that this claim is true: &quot; I'm talking about the myth that a lot of people somehow want all classes to be balanced when it comes to combat and damage.&quot; You also say in the thread title that it is &quot; mainly a forum issue,&quot; as if the people posting in a forum are not also actual players reporting their experiences just like you are.If you call something a &quot;myth&quot;, you're saying it's not true.&nbsp; The only support for that claim is your own personal experience, which in the vast sea of D&amp;D players in the world, is not meaningful for drawing such a broad conclusion.&nbsp; In fact, if anecdotal evidence were a good way to draw a conclusion, then taking a sampling of such anecdotes from around the world like you find in a forum would be the better way to do it.&nbsp; But, you were dismissive of opinions posted in internet forums, despite the fact they represent that diversity of geographic and age ranges someone should want if trying to genuinely determine if it's a real common experience or not.Lots of people have said that in their experience it is true, from around the world, of various ages and group compositions.&nbsp; So, the moment that happens, it cancels out your own personal experience that it does not happen.I am just not sure what the need is to tell others that their preferences, their experiences, are a myth.&nbsp; And that their opinions posted to a forum should be dismissed as not representative.&nbsp; You had to expect a more aggressive response to telling people that, right?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6244111, member: 2525"] Again implying people who differ with your view have not played as much as you and so they just don't understand? I guess you missed this post above. It's meant for you, so here it is again: I am still waiting for actual evidence, beyond personal anecdote, that this claim is true: " I'm talking about the myth that a lot of people somehow want all classes to be balanced when it comes to combat and damage." You also say in the thread title that it is " mainly a forum issue," as if the people posting in a forum are not also actual players reporting their experiences just like you are. If you call something a "myth", you're saying it's not true. The only support for that claim is your own personal experience, which in the vast sea of D&D players in the world, is not meaningful for drawing such a broad conclusion. In fact, if anecdotal evidence were a good way to draw a conclusion, then taking a sampling of such anecdotes from around the world like you find in a forum would be the better way to do it. But, you were dismissive of opinions posted in internet forums, despite the fact they represent that diversity of geographic and age ranges someone should want if trying to genuinely determine if it's a real common experience or not. Lots of people have said that in their experience it is true, from around the world, of various ages and group compositions. So, the moment that happens, it cancels out your own personal experience that it does not happen. I am just not sure what the need is to tell others that their preferences, their experiences, are a myth. And that their opinions posted to a forum should be dismissed as not representative. You had to expect a more aggressive response to telling people that, right? [/QUOTE]

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