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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 9122703" data-attributes="member: 6845520"><p>I for one would love this as a concept for all the specialists to be rolled into one archetype that just augments your spells of a certain school. It does open up for more development room, like making a wizard who specializes in staves or wands or something.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is all particularly frustrating when you consider that WoTC seems to be hellbent on making Sorcerer the "blaster" arcane caster when archetypically by most folklore it <em>should</em> be the beguiling enchanter or illusionist. Considering warlock also sort of eats into that design space while still also mainly being most viable as a magical force archer it sort of also compounds this all further. Your own players are "telling" you (allegedly) that they want Wizards to be evokers. Give illusion to sorcerers already!</p><p></p><p>Many rant over though, jokingly, looking at the top archetypes for Sorcerer (Dragon), Warlock (Fiend), Wizard (Evoker), and heck, even Artificer (Artillerist) it's highly likely that the memes may actually true: the only spell most players actually care about is fireball.</p><p></p><p>...an actual serious answer:</p><p>I think that picture is actually misleading. Look at the top subclass for each class. Without exception it is all the OGL / free options for D&D beyond. What says to me is <em>not</em> that Wizard players like the evoker, but more that there are likely a lot more free accounts for dnd beyond that do not have access to all of the class options than there are people who actually pay for their services. This, if actually true is a great thing for the tabletop industry as a whole, and is something that likely frustrates the heck out of WoTC (or more accurately Hasbro), especially if even 10% of the rumors of Hasbro wanting to turn the game into a digital only microtransaction hellscape through the VTT are actually true. I'd considering feeling pity for them, but frankly I couldn't care less the continued existence of DnD Beyond as I've been vehemently against it since its inception, nor I have forgotten the OGL scandal or 4e GSL scandal before that. Never forget that they have tried to shut down all of their competitors, not once, but TWICE. Even though much of their modern success was through 3rd party support. Hasbro, like any other corporation cares about only one thing: their bottom line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MostlyHarmless42, post: 9122703, member: 6845520"] I for one would love this as a concept for all the specialists to be rolled into one archetype that just augments your spells of a certain school. It does open up for more development room, like making a wizard who specializes in staves or wands or something. This is all particularly frustrating when you consider that WoTC seems to be hellbent on making Sorcerer the "blaster" arcane caster when archetypically by most folklore it [I]should[/I] be the beguiling enchanter or illusionist. Considering warlock also sort of eats into that design space while still also mainly being most viable as a magical force archer it sort of also compounds this all further. Your own players are "telling" you (allegedly) that they want Wizards to be evokers. Give illusion to sorcerers already! Many rant over though, jokingly, looking at the top archetypes for Sorcerer (Dragon), Warlock (Fiend), Wizard (Evoker), and heck, even Artificer (Artillerist) it's highly likely that the memes may actually true: the only spell most players actually care about is fireball. ...an actual serious answer: I think that picture is actually misleading. Look at the top subclass for each class. Without exception it is all the OGL / free options for D&D beyond. What says to me is [I]not[/I] that Wizard players like the evoker, but more that there are likely a lot more free accounts for dnd beyond that do not have access to all of the class options than there are people who actually pay for their services. This, if actually true is a great thing for the tabletop industry as a whole, and is something that likely frustrates the heck out of WoTC (or more accurately Hasbro), especially if even 10% of the rumors of Hasbro wanting to turn the game into a digital only microtransaction hellscape through the VTT are actually true. I'd considering feeling pity for them, but frankly I couldn't care less the continued existence of DnD Beyond as I've been vehemently against it since its inception, nor I have forgotten the OGL scandal or 4e GSL scandal before that. Never forget that they have tried to shut down all of their competitors, not once, but TWICE. Even though much of their modern success was through 3rd party support. Hasbro, like any other corporation cares about only one thing: their bottom line. [/QUOTE]
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