Quote Originally Posted by Kesnit View Post
That is not what I said, nor what the post I was referring to said...

No player wrote that their PC became a conjurer rather than an illusionist. Rather, the point being made was that the PC really liked illusion and dislike conjuration, but became a conjurer because that school is more powerful.

The comment was addressing players who make decisions based only on the power of the choice rather than the flavor of the character. In no way was it meant to say every player who plays a conjurer rather than an illusionist is power-gaming.
Except the post you were referring to also didn't say that... it noted some power imbalances, and then noted that choosing the more powerful option in a particular set of contrived circumstances, was somehow bad. It failed to take into account option B - don't contrive circumstances.