Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post

Zelda is a single player game. It can do whatever it wants because you aren't competing against other players. Blade & Soul has a whole skill tree outline. Guess what happened when Jaesung, the best PvPer in the game, released his preferred setup. They copied it.
League of legends is a pvp game in which item have effects and where you're competing against other players. There are several builds for a single character.

Furthermore, item effects can be deactivated in PVP.

Also, the fact the game is a MMO doesn't imply the game design should be poor.