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<blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 4287404" data-attributes="member: 56189"><p>Nah, this wasn't meant to be an exercise in nit-picking his character. I personally have no real problem with him having it like that, I was just curious to see what other people thought about the issue of min/maxing in 4e.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ok, yeah, I guess I should've used the term optimised. To me, min/maxing is optimising.</p><p></p><p>For example, every class/build has one attack stat and two buff stats. Generally speaking, I would maximise the attack stat and choose on of the buff stats to get high and only choose powers that were buffed by that stat.</p><p></p><p>So for the rogue, for instance, if I was making an artful dodger, I'd make Dex very high and Charisma as high as I could and pretty much forget about the rest of the stats. I'd then only choose powers that were buffed by Charisma.</p><p></p><p>To me, that's min/maxing, aka optimising. And to me, I think 4e encourages that sort of thinking. Especially if you read the build options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kzach, post: 4287404, member: 56189"] Nah, this wasn't meant to be an exercise in nit-picking his character. I personally have no real problem with him having it like that, I was just curious to see what other people thought about the issue of min/maxing in 4e. Ok, yeah, I guess I should've used the term optimised. To me, min/maxing is optimising. For example, every class/build has one attack stat and two buff stats. Generally speaking, I would maximise the attack stat and choose on of the buff stats to get high and only choose powers that were buffed by that stat. So for the rogue, for instance, if I was making an artful dodger, I'd make Dex very high and Charisma as high as I could and pretty much forget about the rest of the stats. I'd then only choose powers that were buffed by Charisma. To me, that's min/maxing, aka optimising. And to me, I think 4e encourages that sort of thinking. Especially if you read the build options. [/QUOTE]
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