The other kind of min-maxing

[2xMachina]

Except, that PC likes illusion, and therefore is not a conjurer, but an illusionist. He's also not a PC. The PC is the wizard sitting next to that guy, who likes conjuration and is a conjurer, because the player wanted to be a conjurer. The first guy might be someone else's PC, someone who wanted to play an illusionist instead.

This isn't bad roleplaying, it's a situation that doesn't exist. Yet Psyx claims that THIS IS WHAT OPTIMIZERS ACTUALLY BELIEVE, as if optimizers go out of their way to write backstories that completely contradict their characters.

Even if it does exist, it can be roleplayed well . That's my point.