Quote Originally Posted by Dale View Post
So what. I've played with bad Great Axe warriors also. Does that mean I should go around painting all other GA warriors with the same brush? Of course not.

It's best to judge players on an individual basis and not assume things about them.
Now you're judging the player, not the gear. This is solely a gear issue. If you take a player with an axe and a shield and give that same player a greataxe instead, he will perform better. Feel free to continue defending roleplaying if you want, however. That's the only way your argument holds any water.