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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7189673" data-attributes="member: 7006">For some groups, most likely it is.There are plenty of groups that run on the premise that the "game" aspect of D&D is a set of mechanical challenges to overcome.  And it's the DM's job to throw exceedingly difficult challenges at the players-- challenging enough that any single aspect that doesn't lend itself to overcoming those challenges can be an anchor that weighs the group down.People hate it when D&D gets compared to "video games"... but there are some groups that treat D&D combat along the same lines of your high-end raiding groups do to MMOs.  For those raid groups... you work hard to build your characters up to tackle the toughest challenges using the game mechanics you have at your disposal.  The D&D game can be played the same way......and there is nothing wrong with that.It's a different way of playing than many groups do, and we need to be clear here that this way of engaging with the game mechanics of D&D combat does not preclude the roleplaying aspects of the game as well.  Groups CAN AND DO do both.But for those groups that don't treat combat that hard and fast... yeah the really intricate details of squeezing every last drop out of the mechanics might seem like overkill.  Probably because for their particular table, it WOULD BE overkill.  But just know that for some others... those +1s and extra features here and there are a necessity for PC survival because their DM ain't pulling punches and ain't giving ground.It's not how I particularly enjoy playing, but I can certainly see and acknowledge why others do.  After all... this *is* a "game", and sometimes you want to work to be the very best at whichever part you have chosen to focus on and play.</blockquote>

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