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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5392786" data-attributes="member: 94022">I can't access the editorial from work, but I seem to recall reading last night (when I was reading the editorial) that he stated they were going to look at how often a character was updated, etc. in addition to just pure numbers.  In other words, if I create an Epic tier Runepriest and update it every week, adding a little bit of XP each week and an item here and there, then levelling up as the XP goes up, etc. it would be a lot more indicative of me actually playing an Epic Tier Runepriest than merely creating one and never updating it would.  Obviously, I could be trying to game the system, but at least I'm being really dedicated about it in this instance.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> As an aside, I did e-mail them my thoughts on the subject (i.e. what does it mean when I don't play a shardmind).  Personally, I would encourage others to do so.  I've had good results in the past with getting responses from some of their peeps like Chris Perkins and Steve Winter.  Obviously, they won't respond to everyone, but my guess is that they will read the submissions.  If you're polite, odds are that you'll even help them interpret the data.  I think they realize that they are opening a new window here (hence the comment "It's interesting but not yet useful").  I do believe that they want to address the public's concerns but its difficult to do without actual constructive feedback.  I still think that the sheer number of classes and races will make it difficult for them to keep everyone happy as there will inevitably be a number of months in which the content misses the mark for the average person, but at least they seem to be trying. BTW, I love the idea of the feedback option for why you built the character you did.  This could even trigger with each level up.  "Why did you choose this power, or this feat?"  That will give them an idea as to what makes certain choices so common.  If they see a lot of people taking racial feats because they synergize with the character concept that they are building, then you'll see more of those.  If; however they see that nobody wants a situational +1 feat bonus to hit, then we'll likely see less of those, etc.</blockquote>

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