Darian Wolf

I have to agree with the whole stat system, as it currently is, being a total failure in execution. Right now it just leads to every class putting their points almost exactly the same, unless it is a support or ranged fighter. There can't be any noticiable differencent laystyles between two characters of the same class because the system doesn't allow it, even different classes have a hard time being distingushed now stat wise. As of now the stat system could simpy not exist and the experience wouldn't noticeably change and that is a huge issue, which needs to be adressed and talked about at the very least, saying that people simply hate the game for wanting it to improve either have incredibly low standards or absolutely miss the point, either way it results in a worse game at the end. D&D and, well most pen & paper games, had issues with having optimal character builds and neglecting weird builds like INT Fighter, which could have and to a point were tackled by giving these classes feats and abilities that scaled and worked with these unusual builds. Hell, entire classes and archetypes were born from players breaking games doing that and that is a great thing, but the only reason they're not common is because out of time constraints and different goals they simply didn't expand on that in most system, not because the stat system in D&D is fundamentally flawed. Its important to give a player the freedom to succeed and fail, otherwise everyone ends up the same and you don't satisfy anybody at all and would have wasted less time simply not implementing stats at all.