Dungeons & Dragons: What Players Want
Wizards just revealed the results of the player survey on the state and future of the game. There are a lot of surprises.
In our last survey, we asked you which areas of D&D you thought needed expansion, and solicited feedback for the latest revision of the mystic character class and new rules for psionics.
Feats and More Classes
In terms of overall content, feats were far and away the most requested new element. Over 70 percent of you want more feats for your game. Feats also had the least opposition to their expansion. Because we haven’t released any products focused on new feats since the launch of the game, we know there’s definitely some pent-up demand for them. But feats are perhaps the thorniest element to design for D&D, as they tend to span multiple abilities and can trigger weird interactions that the game’s core design can’t always account for. As a result, we’ll be taking things slowly as we explore options and starting points for new feat development.
A desire for more character classes came next behind feats, with spells and races clustered not far behind that. We asked in detail about classes, with the ranger easily leading the pack. The sorcerer and druid were the next most popular choices, followed by the fighter and warlock. The rest of the classes were mostly clustered together, with the exception of the wizard and cleric. Both those classes received much less support for new options, making me suspect that most players would rather see additional spells for those classes.
Human Fighters – still the classic!
What People are Playing
Top Races
1. Human
2. Elf
3. Half-elf
4. Dwarf
5. Dragonborn
Top Classes
1. Fighter
2. Cleric
3. Rogue
4. Wizard
5. Paladin
Wizards has anew survey they want player feedback on.
WotC D&D Survey
“We have questions about the DMs Guild, as well as the three options presented in April’s Unearthed Arcana: the revenant race, the Monster Hunter archetype for the fighter, and the Inquisitive archetype for the rogue.”
~Hop to it adventurers!
