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Even more than that, we all optimize. Optimization isn't limited to mechanically better/best. If someone is focused on character and...

I don't know that you can make that conclusion. Post apocalyptic media is very popular with young folks these days, so a post...

From the responses and way people talk it seems to me like the real problem is easily 90% personality and social issues, and like 10%...

I don't really agree. And when I think about effective horror adventures it wasn't the ones where we were truly powerless that worked...

I do wonder to what extent the issue people have with hard core optimizers is really about the power differential itself, versus being...

That's exactly it. I have always thought out optimizers as a social/table problem and not a game problem. It's a team game and we're...

I think optimization (of fill in the blank for the name) sometimes gets a bad name. I've been in this hobby for a long time, and I've...

I've always loved the phrase "Optimizing your fun." Minimizing the things that are not fun, and maximizing the things that are!

Item hoarding, cutthroat PvP, griefing, and breaking rules are all given due homage in the Munchkin card game. It really does skewer the...

This. I’m a big advocate of optimisation = efficiency in achieving X, where X does not have to be MOAR POWA! Still, even for someone...

This is spot on, and a more eloquent version of what I was trying to say early in the thread. More rules won't prevent jerks from being...

I mean, that's not true. Being a munchkin isn't about power level, it's about attitude. Being a munchkin means you don't care about the...

Unquestionably it's optimization, yeah, because you're intending to make a character overall function well mechanically within the...

Definitely, at least in my definition of optimization. It doesn’t have to be dishonest or against the spirit of the game, but choosing...

One group I'm with is die-hard 5e, with no Pathfinder experience whatsoever for any of the members. We switched to PF2 Remastered a...