I do think that a six men party would make for a better game, but I'd refrain anyone from using a dubious, spurious argument like "People on pen&paper sessions are used to X or Y".
That's irrelevant, honestly.
Rare point of disagreement. 5th edition is popular for many reasons and one of the reasons is that critical role has show us how fun a tabletop game can be.
Oh course faithfulness to TT is a factor to consider.
