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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 4209720" data-attributes="member: 545">Seems a bit overstated."Uninteresting" is a value judgment of the end result a long sequence of events involving many player choices.  If the results are consistently boring, it is more likely a problem with the players allowing themselves to fall into a rut.Changing the stat generation system may well spark a little creativity, but sometimes players fight to stay into their comfortable little rut no matter what you do.  The stat generation method can always work either way."I was thinking of making skillful Half-Elf Ranger for a change of pace, but that phat 18 makes playing a Half-Orc Leaping Power Attack Fighter/Barbarian variant 3a I pulled off the WotC optimization boards, again, simply irresistible.""I have plotted out all possible viable characters with optimized damage on this spreadsheet, so there is no real decision necessary..."As for your second point, I would consider MAD to be a major design flaw.  It looks like 4e is making a strong effort to make all PC classes highly effective on 2 good stats.  For example, while a Paladin might benefit from a high Str, there are sufficient options for pumping up damage on Cha alone that this is far from a necessity.  The Paladin may not do great damage all rounds, but she can do very good damage on most rounds.</blockquote>