Quote Originally Posted by Eothas View Post
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Here you are again with the "no choice" thing. I never said that there's no choice. I said that choice is an illusion. I'll repeat it again for good measure, as you don't seem to get it: choice is an illusion. Having no choice at all means you are forced to press the "increase str" button because everything else is grayed out. Choice of illusion would mean you're put in a situation where the choices aren't equivalent. Since you're still bringing up RO, I'll just go with it. Melee mage and proper spell mage? This comes from two perspectives:
Player playing the mage gets to choose between those variations
Community can choose mages of those variations

No party would pick up a random mage that'll just smack their wands at an MVP. But the player playing the mage may still choose to do so.
In case of the player playing said mage, it's Hobson's choice: Something or nothing. You can choose for nothing (melee mage) or choose for something (proper mage)

Even then the proper mage would be confronted with choice again: Is your build properly set up for the objectives of the party? Once again: Hobson's choice. They either reset and get something, or stick with their build and get nothing.

Heck, even the game itself has an illusion of choice. You want that Safety wall? Invest 12 points into perquisite abilities, even when there are better options to spend those points on. Or as a priest you'd want Pneuma? 7 points investment and 6 of them have zero combat value. If it's not the game, the community will brand you if you choose to advance your job at 40, rather than 50. I don't have to provide you "the perfect build". As there's simply none because you'd always have to adjust it for the group's objective.