Quote Originally Posted by Frein View Post
Yes, I played RO back in the day, and no, it didn't work. Many quirky builds were viable but hardly optimal and if the game had had a real end game scene, these quirky builds would not have been especially loved. RO was mostly a solo grind game so nobody really cared how you allocated your points. I didn't stick around long enough to see the organized PVP system but I'm sure it was dominated by cookie cutter builds, not battle acolytes and whatnot.

That kind of experimentation with strange builds can be fun the same way you may want to try specific strategies in a Civilization game (which is why you keep coming back to the game), but chances are you aren't really competitive if you don't follow one of the few established top tier strategies.


Exactly.

Not everyone is a min/maxer. So what if their are cookie cutter builds? I just want to have fun, and part of that for me is customizing my character as much as possible. I played a restoration druid in WoW back before the first expansion was ever announced, so I'm quite comfortable with not being 'optimal' for a given role.