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<blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5647381" data-attributes="member: 56189">Firstly I'd like to state that there are all sorts of optimisations. I am not talking about the gamebreaking builds that you see on charop boards, I'm simply talking about making intelligent decisions about your character's choices.I don't actually spend much time at CO boards or even in CO discussions. 99% of the characters I build, I do so myself, sitting at the Character Builder for hours, scouring through options and finding fun combinations. This is my hobby. I like making characters and I like making them effective and fun. I find fun to be synergies in character abilities. Simple things like having the background &quot;Adventurer's Scion&quot; which allows you to reroll monster knowledge checks, and synergising that with a mage that has all the monster knowledge skills trained.And yet I constantly find that I'm penalised and punished for this behaviour. Not only this, but I also constantly encounter the Stormwind Fallacy, whereby people believe that just because I bring a well-made character into the game, that I can't roleplay or that I won't have an interesting character history.I'm the type of person who can write a twenty page essay on my characters histories. And not only that, but I am a damn good roleplayer. I know this because I get told it everytime I DM and people comment on how cool my NPC's are because I roleplayed them so well.But as a player, people can't seem to see past the stats. It's bizarre. Why should I be penalised for making intelligent choices in character creation? Why should someone who makes dumb or illogical decisions in character creation be elevated on some imaginary pedestal of roleplaying brilliance?Roleplaying and optimising are not enemies. I consider a person to have both abilities to be two of the five hallmarks of a good player.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kzach, post: 5647381, member: 56189"] Firstly I'd like to state that there are all sorts of optimisations. I am not talking about the gamebreaking builds that you see on charop boards, I'm simply talking about making intelligent decisions about your character's choices. I don't actually spend much time at CO boards or even in CO discussions. 99% of the characters I build, I do so myself, sitting at the Character Builder for hours, scouring through options and finding fun combinations. This is my hobby. I like making characters and I like making them effective and fun. I find fun to be synergies in character abilities. Simple things like having the background "Adventurer's Scion" which allows you to reroll monster knowledge checks, and synergising that with a mage that has all the monster knowledge skills trained. And yet I constantly find that I'm penalised and punished for this behaviour. Not only this, but I also constantly encounter the Stormwind Fallacy, whereby people believe that just because I bring a well-made character into the game, that I can't roleplay or that I won't have an interesting character history. I'm the type of person who can write a twenty page essay on my characters histories. And not only that, but I am a damn good roleplayer. I know this because I get told it everytime I DM and people comment on how cool my NPC's are because I roleplayed them so well. But as a player, people can't seem to see past the stats. It's bizarre. Why should I be penalised for making intelligent choices in character creation? Why should someone who makes dumb or illogical decisions in character creation be elevated on some imaginary pedestal of roleplaying brilliance? Roleplaying and optimising are not enemies. I consider a person to have both abilities to be two of the five hallmarks of a good player. [/QUOTE]

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