Why Play a Fighter? (DND/Pathfinder)

[Provengreil]

And thus my counterexample of a "balanced" party that was merely slightly larger than "normal," because if the balanced party is expected to sacrifice the wealth of three people to make the 4th one contribute, then half that money (well, possibly less due to half of 3/5 being less than half of 3/4) is not going to cut it.

I was saying that an encounter that 3 fighters and a healbot cleric can defeat probably doesn't require magic to win anyways, thus wealth isn't the issue to focus in on. glyphstones post talked of equal contribution, and if everyone's a fighter then it doesn't matter if all of them suck and have taken vow of poverty, because they're still equal.