Quote Originally Posted by Ablongman View Post
Long post short: Free-form is not free when some choices are better than others. And since true balance is impossible, there is always a "right" and a "wrong" way to build your character for endgame content.
Removing choice completely isn't for sure the right solution to the fact that there are some choices better than others.

As long as there is a sizable variety of viable and good choices then the fact that some choices are better than others is a complete non-issue.