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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7060041" data-attributes="member: 996">And varying degrees of system mastery, yes.&nbsp; 3.5 over-rewarded system mastery to a huge degree, for instance, and the classic game before that, until you modded it will-nilly, was pretty narrow in the styles of play it encouraged.&nbsp;Relative to 3.5/PF (were there 'quick build options' in 3.5?), sure.&nbsp;&nbsp; Another factor is the system-mastery required to even play a Tier 1 class effectively in 3.5, system mastery &amp; optimization were heavily about build, but it was also required to optimize daily spell choice for those top-tier prepped casters.&nbsp; In 5e, it's less a factor, because they all cast spontaneously, and have at-will cantrips to fall back on.&nbsp;Nod.&nbsp; Optimizing DPR, obvious though it may be, is not really that disruptive - 5e combats are already tuned to go pretty fast, going a little faster is not a huge deal, maybe ending in the party's favor a little more consistently isn't at all bad, either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7060041, member: 996"] And varying degrees of system mastery, yes. 3.5 over-rewarded system mastery to a huge degree, for instance, and the classic game before that, until you modded it will-nilly, was pretty narrow in the styles of play it encouraged. Relative to 3.5/PF (were there 'quick build options' in 3.5?), sure. Another factor is the system-mastery required to even play a Tier 1 class effectively in 3.5, system mastery & optimization were heavily about build, but it was also required to optimize daily spell choice for those top-tier prepped casters. In 5e, it's less a factor, because they all cast spontaneously, and have at-will cantrips to fall back on. Nod. Optimizing DPR, obvious though it may be, is not really that disruptive - 5e combats are already tuned to go pretty fast, going a little faster is not a huge deal, maybe ending in the party's favor a little more consistently isn't at all bad, either. [/QUOTE]

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