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<blockquote data-quote="Stuntman" data-source="post: 5088738" data-attributes="member: 84817">My experience with 4E is that you don't need to have a highly optimised character in order for your character to perform adequately.&nbsp; That extra bit of optimisation that you can do is only noticeable by those who are really into optimising.&nbsp; Personally, I would tend to notice any +1 that I could have gotten with a slightly different build.&nbsp; It actually does bug me a bit sometimes when I see others with clearly suboptimal characters.&nbsp; However, seeing how they perform in a real situation, I don't see any great drop off in performance compared to a highly optimised character.I think that optimisers tend to have a much higher standard for what is considered adequate compared to non-optimisers.&nbsp; When looking at theoretical situations and all bonuses, an optimiser can spot unoptimised discrepancies which appear really glaring.&nbsp; A non-optimiser may understand that if they built it a different way, they may get an extra +1 here or there.&nbsp; However, when it comes down to actually playing, I think the non-optimiser will notice bad die rolls more so that perhaps one fewer damage here or there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stuntman, post: 5088738, member: 84817"] My experience with 4E is that you don't need to have a highly optimised character in order for your character to perform adequately. That extra bit of optimisation that you can do is only noticeable by those who are really into optimising. Personally, I would tend to notice any +1 that I could have gotten with a slightly different build. It actually does bug me a bit sometimes when I see others with clearly suboptimal characters. However, seeing how they perform in a real situation, I don't see any great drop off in performance compared to a highly optimised character. I think that optimisers tend to have a much higher standard for what is considered adequate compared to non-optimisers. When looking at theoretical situations and all bonuses, an optimiser can spot unoptimised discrepancies which appear really glaring. A non-optimiser may understand that if they built it a different way, they may get an extra +1 here or there. However, when it comes down to actually playing, I think the non-optimiser will notice bad die rolls more so that perhaps one fewer damage here or there. [/QUOTE]

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