D&D (2024) WotC is right to avoid the word "edition."

[GMforPowergamers]

Beyond is how 10 million people playbthe game.

no it isn't.... there are 10 million people who signed up at least once to try it... no body in there right mind thinks everyone that tries a free trial is going to continue on and use the service

AL is a campaign of, last I heard, 100,000 people. And their rules are from the AL admins, not WotC. It's not the "official" waybtonplaybD&D, it's a nice big welcoming marketing home game, in essence.

AL is the official game

 

[Parmandur]

I'm not asking to make the game more complex... just to introduce a class that is similar to a full caster worth of complexity on a weapon wielder.

They don't need to make every class complex as long as wvery Class balances in the math.

 

[Parmandur]

no it isn't.... there are 10 million people who signed up at least once to try it... no body in there right mind thinks everyone that tries a free trial is going to continue on and use the service

AL is the official game

No, it's just organized play. Organized play is neither normal nor normative to hownD&D gets played.

Besides which, there is a strong possibility theybwill still allow the usage of most 5E material. Right now, AL is opening up to be mostly community made material, with no official Adventures at all.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

They don't need to make every class complex as long as wvery Class balances in the math.

who are you kidding, this isn't a post about what they NEED to do, it was about what I WANTED

 

[Parmandur]

who are you kidding, this isn't a post about what they NEED to do, it was about what I WANTED

shrug

Prepare for disappointment, then, I guess.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

No, it's just organized play. Organized play is neither normal nor normative to hownD&D gets played.

citetion needed

Besides which, there is a strong possibility theybwill still allow the usage of most 5E material. Right now, AL is opening up to be mostly community made material, with no official Adventures at all.

have to see

 

[Parmandur]

citetion needed

have to see

Low six figure players versus 8 figure people playing. It's an unrepresentative fraction of play. I'm sure it's great fun, but like convention attendance it is not normative for what people have done, are doing, or will do. That's just not the point of OP.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Low six figure players versus 8 figure people playing.

and that means what?

It's an unrepresentative fraction of play.

please show your work... 100 people selected correctly can represent the population of the US...

I'm sure it's great fun, but like convention attendance it is not normative for what people have done, are doing, or will do.

what studies do you have to show this?

 

[Parmandur]

and that means what?

please show your work... 100 people selected correctly can represent the population of the US...

what studies do you have to show this?

Self-selection usually invalidates.

It's a small apart of the playerbase. It's not the norm.

For an example on the Magic side, Mark Rosewater has had to tell people multiple times that all organized store playbill dwarfed, in numbers and money, by people who but an occapack from WalMart or CVS pharmacy. Same is true of D&D.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Self-selection usually invalidates.

it can... but not without evidence

It's a small apart of the playerbase. It's not the norm.

being a small part does not show it isn't the norm, you would have to show how people NOT in that small amount play diffrent.

For an example on the Magic side, Mark Rosewater has had to tell people multiple times that all organized store playbill dwarfed, in numbers and money, by people who but an occapack from WalMart or CVS pharmacy. Same is true of D&D.

this isn't magic