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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6624730" data-attributes="member: 92511">You choose them for the same reason you choose anything else about your character...because it fits for the character you want to play.Regardless of math or optimization, is it something/does it fit to your concept of this character? Does it make your character &quot;better&quot; in your eyes?Now, before anyone wants to raise the &quot;One True Wayism/Edition War&quot; alarum, this applies to EVERYone! All powergamers and optimizers, as well.If your [the general &quot;you&quot;, not any one in particular] concept of what is a &quot;better&quot; character, in your eyes, is the one with the highest numbers and/or more powerful/optimized...so, obviously, for you, you might NOT choose something that doesn't scale. Because you don't want to. It does not &quot;improve&quot; your character in the way you prefer/want. And that's just fine, according to your playstyle.I, obviously, come from a different style preference/perspective that puts more emphasis on the character's story and &quot;in-world reality.&quot; So the fact something scales or not is really completely irrelevant to whether I want/see my character as this/that or not. But the root of the answer to the question posed remains the same for anyone. You choose something because it fits the vision you have of the character you want/how you want your character to be. That's why you choose ANY option for your PC.It is a matter of what you value/how you see your character that will sway your choices. That can include being a &quot;tactician&quot; or &quot;being well-versed in the mathematics&quot; as much or as little as you want it to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6624730, member: 92511"] You choose them for the same reason you choose anything else about your character...because it fits for the character you want to play. Regardless of math or optimization, is it something/does it fit to your concept of this character? Does it make your character "better" in your eyes? Now, before anyone wants to raise the "One True Wayism/Edition War" alarum, this applies to EVERYone! All powergamers and optimizers, as well. If your [the general "you", not any one in particular] concept of what is a "better" character, in your eyes, is the one with the highest numbers and/or more powerful/optimized...so, obviously, for you, you might NOT choose something that doesn't scale. Because you don't want to. It does not "improve" your character in the way you prefer/want. And that's just fine, according to your playstyle. I, obviously, come from a different style preference/perspective that puts more emphasis on the character's story and "in-world reality." So the fact something scales or not is really completely irrelevant to whether I want/see my character as this/that or not. But the root of the answer to the question posed remains the same for anyone. You choose something because it fits the vision you have of the character you want/how you want your character to be. That's why you choose ANY option for your PC. It is a matter of what you value/how you see your character that will sway your choices. That can include being a "tactician" or "being well-versed in the mathematics" as much or as little as you want it to. [/QUOTE]

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