Quote Originally Posted by Zombulian View Post
I can understand that. The difference for me is that I will research character concepts, flip through splatbooks, and read handbooks for fun. So when I'm in either situation - starting from concept or starting from crunch - I can pretty deftly set up a character.
You already mapped this out though in a previous post. So I'll just leave it at the fact that we have our differences. And that's okay
Pretty much.

Quote Originally Posted by Clistenes View Post
Yes, but as I said, you don't have to use all that. It's your choice. You can do it both ways, so you can hardly hold that against 3.5. It's an option you are given, not an imposition.
I can't not look at options available in character creation. I may not use all of those options, but I'm certainly going to think about them every single time.