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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 8089516" data-attributes="member: 27957">It's a line. Is the line arbitrary and subjective? Absolutely. Any sort of line like that will be. It's based on personal experiences, subjective evaluations, and a rough comparison to easily comparable alternatives. That doesn't make the line less real for the people who see it as existing.My experience is that optimization is a diminishing returns endeavor. The higher you go the less return you get and the more people reach a point where they say &quot;good enough&quot; and stop.Having a racial ASI in your class's main stat is the low hanging fruit. It's easy, it's obvious, and a lot of people feel like the difference is obvious in play. Having racial abilities that synergize with your class is a tier above that. Some people will aim for it, the same as they already do. Other people will feel like racial abilities are minor enough to just take what's offered and prioritize character identity, once racial ASI are off the table. It's that group that I fall into, and I don't seem to be alone in it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 8089516, member: 27957"] It's a line. Is the line arbitrary and subjective? Absolutely. Any sort of line like that will be. It's based on personal experiences, subjective evaluations, and a rough comparison to easily comparable alternatives. That doesn't make the line less real for the people who see it as existing. My experience is that optimization is a diminishing returns endeavor. The higher you go the less return you get and the more people reach a point where they say "good enough" and stop. Having a racial ASI in your class's main stat is the low hanging fruit. It's easy, it's obvious, and a lot of people feel like the difference is obvious in play. Having racial abilities that synergize with your class is a tier above that. Some people will aim for it, the same as they already do. Other people will feel like racial abilities are minor enough to just take what's offered and prioritize character identity, once racial ASI are off the table. It's that group that I fall into, and I don't seem to be alone in it. [/QUOTE]

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