Vaalingrade
Legend
Is it really even that deep?I think the faulty logic here is twofold.
First is the err that because some (maybe more than half?) players like playing casters, therefor all players enjoy caster-level complexity.
Second is the err that because no simple(r) caster class exists in D&D, therefor there are no players who would enjoy playing a simple caster.
Everyone’s experience will differ, but I can report anecdotal experience that neither of those have been true at multiple tables I’ve gamed with - on the contrary, they were proven false. So IME they are fallacies.
It feels more like 'this class can't have complexity because simplicity good. Pay no attention to the vast majority of the classes that get some level of complexity options. We're talking about your thing, after all, not ours.'