I saw a question elsewhere and it made me wonder... this dude basically posted asking what the heck is wrong with people who play Diablo IV and don't min-max, and asking how that could possibly be fun. What are y'all's thoughts?
I'm kinda torn. I don't like it, personally. If I have my druthers, I like to set up my characters with things that I think are fun and look cool, not necessarily things that are best/most powerful etc. It's interesting how so many people want every player wearing the exact same gear, using the exact same things (even in the exact same order for some games!)... For a lot of people, their whole goal seems to be to clear rooms as fast as humanely possible, to get to the end and beat the boss as fast as humanely possible so you can see what he drops, lather rinse repeat. I'm like, do you even enjoy playing the game? That feels like work to me. I prefer to take it slow because I like playing the game; I don't really want to be one-shotting everything all the time, because I I like a challenge, and I often prefer gear that looks cool af over gear that is qualitatively "the best".
However, I do understand that I'm in the minority on that, or so it seems, and I don't want to end up with a character that no one will raid with, getting kicked for using the "wrong" gear and skills. In that respect in multiplayer games, I feel pressured to fall in line (assuming I make it to the end game, lol).
What are you guys' thoughts?
My thoughts on it basically come down to "Yes, but not to such extremes". I'll definitely do my best to make the best out of my builds to an extent, however I do not like the idea of going insane over it. I definitely can appreciate those who do, because I can (generally) see the passion they have for.
Destiny was the first game I played that I ever really got into build crafting, and my attitude there is the same. If the situation really calls for it and there's a good reason for it (such as say, taking a friend whose new to the game through a dungeon as a duo and so I'm making up for missing a third person) but otherwise that level of extreme takes the fun out of it for me. I'm the type of person who'd run The Last Word in a raid just because "Oh hey, that sounds like a fun idea" - obviously though only if its a casual run with friends.
In D4, I've mainly only played sorcerer (though I'm in the process of leveling up a Druid, I just need to get back to doing so at some point) and that class does feel like you have to push a bit more into the min-maxing aspect to get the best out of the higher levels (and this may be the case on the other classes, but my only end-game experience is with sorcerer so far), but you certainly won't ever see me pulling out a spreadsheet and spending an hour going over the numbers (again, I have plenty of respect for those who do though).