Roleplay is a great part of the game. No, your super overpowered build of soul shredding is not the only way to play the game.
You really have to explain me how is it roleplay to for a mage to avoid taking his best spells, or leveling your characters keeping in mind that you should not choose the abilities that fits the best...
I can give you a save from my game... I haven't even taken the most powerful traits ! No "min/maxing" either. So the roleplay should be "oh, yes, my fire mage shouldn't learn meteor because it will be too overpowered. Instead I'll learn 2H weapons, that'll fit better the roleplay" ? (of course I gonna check the forum first to know that I should avoid this trait because it trivialize the game, very RP). I'm probably not clever enough to have a good roleplay. In my games, mages use spells, fighters fight, archers use arrows...
Why do you assume you know how other players play their game ? Have you even read messages prior to your message ?
What is really good with your point is : you cannot ever venture any critic because if you didn't enjoy half of the game, it's because you didn't play it the right way. It's like when you don't like a movie, fanboys explain that it is because you haven't understood it...
