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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7189694" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Yeah, I was gonna say this as well. I recall one thing that turned me off of 3e was when I had mentioned I wanted to play an arcane archer and it was met with a chorus of "that's worthless! Choose this build instead!" Left a really bad taste in my mouth.</p><p></p><p>That said, I know some of this was back in AD&D too. As to the OP, I don't think there is a major culture shift. I think most people play the game like he does, and like I do. I.e., placing emphasis on what sounds/looks cool and not getting caught up in optimization. If I were to hazard a guess as to why the char op crowd seems to be larger and louder than it is (in ratio to gamers as a whole), is because that style of play inherently lends itself to people wanting to compare/brag about their builds to other people; always challenging each other as to who can build the most char op PC. Like it's a mini game within the greater game. Contrast that to gamers who like to build off of fluff, and we don't really feel the need to create discussions about how awesome our PC is just because they chose to dual wield daggers because it looked cooler in our mind or was based off a really cool literary figure we want to emulate.</p><p></p><p>*Edit* For example, most forums (including this one) have a dedicated forum for optimization. They don't for thematic fluff style of gameplay, even though I'm sure more gamers dont' get caught up in char op than gamers who do. I'm guessing that's for reasons I just listed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7189694, member: 15700"] Yeah, I was gonna say this as well. I recall one thing that turned me off of 3e was when I had mentioned I wanted to play an arcane archer and it was met with a chorus of "that's worthless! Choose this build instead!" Left a really bad taste in my mouth. That said, I know some of this was back in AD&D too. As to the OP, I don't think there is a major culture shift. I think most people play the game like he does, and like I do. I.e., placing emphasis on what sounds/looks cool and not getting caught up in optimization. If I were to hazard a guess as to why the char op crowd seems to be larger and louder than it is (in ratio to gamers as a whole), is because that style of play inherently lends itself to people wanting to compare/brag about their builds to other people; always challenging each other as to who can build the most char op PC. Like it's a mini game within the greater game. Contrast that to gamers who like to build off of fluff, and we don't really feel the need to create discussions about how awesome our PC is just because they chose to dual wield daggers because it looked cooler in our mind or was based off a really cool literary figure we want to emulate. *Edit* For example, most forums (including this one) have a dedicated forum for optimization. They don't for thematic fluff style of gameplay, even though I'm sure more gamers dont' get caught up in char op than gamers who do. I'm guessing that's for reasons I just listed. [/QUOTE]
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