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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8497273" data-attributes="member: 29398">For arcane casters, spell selection and loadout were (and still are) quite optimizable.&nbsp; For martials, weapon proficiency selection could be optimized as well, but only to a point.The other major point where optimization occurred was rearrangement of stats, which IME nearly every 1e DM allowed.&nbsp; This one ain't a big deal to me, particularly in a system where having a good stat in your prime requisite is so important.For the masses, yes.&nbsp; Some early birds trained up during the late 2e splatbook era.Mild optimizing at the who-cares level - e.g. putting a high roll/number into your class' prime stat(s) and choosing feats and skills that suit your class, stats, and character idea - is fairly strongly hinted at in the PH.What's not hinted at or suggested is the sort of all-out power-building that (IMO rightly) gives optimizing a bad rap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8497273, member: 29398"] For arcane casters, spell selection and loadout were (and still are) quite optimizable. For martials, weapon proficiency selection could be optimized as well, but only to a point. The other major point where optimization occurred was rearrangement of stats, which IME nearly every 1e DM allowed. This one ain't a big deal to me, particularly in a system where having a good stat in your prime requisite is so important. For the masses, yes. Some early birds trained up during the late 2e splatbook era. Mild optimizing at the who-cares level - e.g. putting a high roll/number into your class' prime stat(s) and choosing feats and skills that suit your class, stats, and character idea - is fairly strongly hinted at in the PH. What's not hinted at or suggested is the sort of all-out power-building that (IMO rightly) gives optimizing a bad rap. [/QUOTE]

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