[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Zapmeister:
What I had in mind was a survey, in which each spell, troop, item and pretender was listed, and beside each one there are 6 responses to the question "How often do you make one of these"

The problem with that logic is that many elements would be "rarely" used, not because that there's anything WRONG with them, but because they're highly situational, and the situation that they'd be best suited for rarely comes up. Other items are rarely made because they're limited in number, or even singular: I rarely make a Sword of Injustice, for instance, not because I think it's a bad weapon, but because it's unique, and situational. It's not of much use to me if I lack unholy priests and undead, and even if I had them, I can make only one of these items. I also would "rarely" cast Burden of Time or Utterdark, not because these are bad spells, but because, once again, they are very situational AND expensive: You have to be both a dead nation(Ermor/CW) and sitting on a pile of a few hundred death gems to make casting these not a suicide move. And I have "never" cast Astral Corruption, not because it sucks, but because it's tailored for a situation I have yet to find myself in. The popularity of something is no measure of its value.