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Originally Posted by Snaggles
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I don’t find your angle particularly researched or unique (sorry…that wasn’t aimed at you, it’s a bumper sticker we hear a lot from both sides). I’ve played this game for about 20 years and the majority of my posts aren’t in support of any one thing.
I’ve had ogres, trolls, elves, littles. I don’t care frankly. I put together a test magelo to show some objective data comparing giant races to small ones with moderate tanking gear and it favored large races. I still posted it because again, I’m not caught in a sunken cost fallacy. I find results interesting, not personally attacking.
As for why people have such “trouble with topics like this on the forum” maybe you should find a different proxy to argue that point. Pot, kettle, and all that.
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I have probably done more research on the topic than most people on these forums (for P99 specifically, other Everquest servers are irrelevant). I don't find it personally attacking either, but a lot of people do resort to personal attacks (not saying you are doing that).
The "bumper stickers" mostly come from the people who argue without data. Not saying you are doing that, but that has been my experience on these forums. Someone will make a "factual" argument, but never actually back it up.
There is no "sunken cost" fallacy going on here. Some people like fashion, some people like min/max, some people don't care. Give people the facts and let them decide how they want to play. I just find it interesting that P99 specifically has people who want to obscure the data (not saying you are doing that) for some reason.