Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
There is a stark difference between not having access to better gear and purposely choosing to make sub-optimal decisions because you think it's fun.
It also depend on how "sub-optimal" it is. If you can have more fun by only losing a fragment of your efficiency, no one will really care about that. Besides, you could also have builds more inclined toward soloing, with more emphasis on self-preservation, that would be gimped in group content, but that could still be interesting.

And finally, since most people probably level several jobs, it's not that surreal to think that they would probably chose the optimal setup for their main job, while retaining more freedom when doing less demanding content with their alts.