Quote Originally Posted by Sinfire Titan View Post
Because no one understood that Blaster Wizards sucked, or that Fighters weren't worth taking to 20th level. Back then, being an optimizer was a niche much smaller than it is now (we are now very wide-spread). Back then, the odds of having an optimizer who knew what he was doing in your party were fairly slim. Back then, we were considered the bane of the RPG community because no one understood what we were doing and why.


We've tried hard to shake that karma too. And people with your attitude just make it hard on us. Though I believe we all agree with you on the Cheater part.
I don't think the game really changed that much. You could always play a powerful character without being a munchkin. Optimizing a "build" or "a die rolling technique" or whatever has the potential to be disruptive but need not necessarily be disruptive. You became (and still become) a munchkin when your quest for power comes at the cost of other players' fun, realism, roleplay, or game continuity.