Remathilis
Legend
The implication I was responding to was that uniqueness is a weakness, which is patently absurd. If uniqueness was not highly favored, 4e would have been far more appreciated for making all classes run on the same power schedule.i think this misunderstands/represents what the fighter is doing, the fighter isn't trying to be 30 flavours of ice cream, it's building 30 kinds of dessert off of vanilla ice cream, that means the classic waffle cone, ice cream sandwiches, sundaes, banana splits, served with pies, cakes, brownies, ice cream cakes, and so on and so forth,
it's all vanilla ice cream, but that doesn't mean it's all one thing.
a strong identity can still have a wide array of specific manifestations that fit it.