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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 8440337" data-attributes="member: 7737"><p>You're right! </p><p></p><p>For the record, I was pretty generous in counting something as 'Essentials' when I did my math. So that means that if you want to use the stricter definition, then there were <em>even fewer</em> 'True Essentials' classes played at my tables.</p><p></p><p>It now also strikes me that an interesting stat would be: Which classes were <em>never</em> played at my tables? Like the LOL Witch, but were there others? Damn, I should be doing some real work, not math-ing years old 4e data that I obsessively collected for no good reason.</p><p></p><p>Anyway I feel like poor [USER=7030686]@LoganRan[/USER] (this thread's starter) must be wondering what monstrosity he has unleashed. </p><p></p><p>Have we answered the question? Based on my reading, a large part of the 4e player reaction to Essentials was 'meh', with some happy about the additional options / better formatting / certain products (Monster Vault!), and some unhappy about the direction the game was being taken (and the early warning signs that 4e was being killed off).</p><p></p><p>I'd like to add one more thing, which is that some of the Essentials products <em>as products</em> were INCREDIBLY good value for the money: DM's Kit, both Monster Vaults, the dungeon tiles, and the poster maps all gave you resources to use at your game (monster pogs and maps) at a very reasonable price. So if nothing else, <em><strong><em>as a product that gave me stuff to use at the table</em></strong></em>, I did get value out of Essentials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 8440337, member: 7737"] You're right! For the record, I was pretty generous in counting something as 'Essentials' when I did my math. So that means that if you want to use the stricter definition, then there were [I]even fewer[/I] 'True Essentials' classes played at my tables. It now also strikes me that an interesting stat would be: Which classes were [I]never[/I] played at my tables? Like the LOL Witch, but were there others? Damn, I should be doing some real work, not math-ing years old 4e data that I obsessively collected for no good reason. Anyway I feel like poor [USER=7030686]@LoganRan[/USER] (this thread's starter) must be wondering what monstrosity he has unleashed. Have we answered the question? Based on my reading, a large part of the 4e player reaction to Essentials was 'meh', with some happy about the additional options / better formatting / certain products (Monster Vault!), and some unhappy about the direction the game was being taken (and the early warning signs that 4e was being killed off). I'd like to add one more thing, which is that some of the Essentials products [I]as products[/I] were INCREDIBLY good value for the money: DM's Kit, both Monster Vaults, the dungeon tiles, and the poster maps all gave you resources to use at your game (monster pogs and maps) at a very reasonable price. So if nothing else, [I][B][I]as a product that gave me stuff to use at the table[/I][/B][/I], I did get value out of Essentials. [/QUOTE]
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