So I was talking to Prinny about this the other day and decided to do a hard count to see how the specialties broke down in Primus (yup too many days off work).
1) There are currently 114 glads in Primus.
Total Glads:
Rage: 38 (33%)
Warrior: 48 (42%)
Theatrics: 28 (25%)
In the top 25:
Rage: 5 (20%)
Warrior: 12 (48%)
Theatrics: 8 (32%)
In the top 50:
Rage: 13 (26%)
Warrior: 24 (48%)
Theatrics: 13 (26%)
In the top 75:
Rage: 22 (29%)
Warrior: 34 (46%)
Theatrics: 19 (25%)
In the top 100:
Rage: 33 (33%)
Warrior: 44 (44%)
Theatrics: 23 (23%)
I found this interesting. By pure numbers in Primus: Warrior>Rage>Theatrics, but when looking at the top 25 the theatrics that are in Primus are doing quite well and this changes to: Warrior>Theatrics>Rage by gladiator count. Its clear to see that Warriors are dominating at this time with almost half of the top 25 and top 50 being warriors.
2) The other measure i believe we can hold Primus gladiators to is blood game wins:
Blood Game wins:
Rage: 1 (7%)
Warrior: 10 (71%)
Theatrics: 3 (21%)
Again what we saw in the top 25 held true again with: Warrior>Theatrics>Rage
3) My observations on this: I was quite surprised there where this many rages in Primus, it is a bit sad that only ruffly 30% of the total rages are in the top 50 though. Also i was surprised that there where less theatrics then any other specialty in Primus, but they have a strong showing in the top 50, almost 47% of all theatrics in Primus are in the top 50. And its not really surprising to me but warriors are just dominant in the top 50, half of the warriors in Primus are in the top 50 (24 of 48 total). Looking at all the above: gladiator counts, blood game winners, and percentage of each specialty in the top 50 i would put it the power rankings in Primus at Warrior>Theatrics>>Rage
4) How will the upcoming skill/game engine change this? With warriors going so defensive i have to wonder if they will stay so popular/strong... Theatrics are becoming very interesting picking up some of the key warrior skills (hamstring and the old war cry) and I have to wonder if they will become much more popular as a result... Rages have picked up some nice defensive skills which they needed and perhaps the best Tier 5 skill out of all of them (on paper anyways).
What does everyone else think? Will the skill/game engine changes make a large change in the "End Game" as we know it?