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The real question is would you buy half elf DLC??

So, I do a lot of optimization for my day job, and a couple of concepts there I think are useful in the context of this discussion. The...

I've softened my stance on optimization from in the past, where I thought it was a pox on the hobby. Optimizers are not only perfectly...

Guys, the Ignore List exists for a reason.

Yeah I think the balance point of that spectrum is not halfway between good and bad decisions, it's "generally making reasonably...

Ideallly game designers would always make a point of playtesting their games at different "tiers" of PC power. Especially their higher...

The underlaying setting of Blades in the Dark is pretty bleak as well. The sun has vanished. The seas are ink-black but transparent...

I remember finding that Wraith: The Oblivion was depressingly bleak. I haven’t read anything about it in years though

Wraith. Kult. Ten Candles. Most of the Something Borg games I've read, which isn't many of them. Those are all on my "rather be...

Methinks you have a definition of "optimizer" that nobody else on the planet is using. Or understands.

Exactly this. The argument that "all optimizers are jerks out to ruin everybody's fun" is symmetric to the argument that "roleplayers...

Optimization is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or ill. My own feeling is that I usually go into a game with an idea...

Learning your character so your lack of knowledge of what you have chosen to play doesn't cause slowdown at the table as we all have to...

@overgeeked Your definition of "optimizer" from the previous thread is both ridiculous and insulting, frankly. You're straight-up...