Wow, quite the strawman you've constructed there.
What strawman are you talking about? I'm not sure we agree on the definition of that word.
It's a legitimate question. Where is the cut off? People keep using this argument to shut down folks who prefer parties of four. At what point does that argument no longer apply?
Could you give me a couple of examples of people asking for more than 6 members in a party?
I just did. So I'm an example. I'd like to run thirty characters through the game so I can play a small mercenary company who got picked up by the mind flayers. Or maybe a group of missionaries. I haven't decided yet.
Also, I wonder if you could enlighten us as to why most people seem to mention 6 as the number they like. Do you suppose it's just a random number that people selected?
I suspect *most* people want four, which is why four is what's provided.
Those who aren't satisfied with four are the ones you're talking about. Even though plenty of them are saying five instead of six.
Anyway. You ask why they keep mentioning six? I can't read minds, of course, but my guess is that it initially got mentioned because previous games had parties of six and some folks around here have a sort of boomer nostalgia thing going on, where they're married to years gone by.
Others probably latched on when they heard six and used the number themselves. If the number had been seven or eight, they probably would've been saying seven or eight.
