Depends on the game. In a good role playing game, role play first and power gaming second. I had many different role play characters in Baldur's Gate and then I put together a power party to defeat SCS / Ascension.
In DOS2 the characters were a puddle deep and it was all about the build(s). I used the respec mirror often to create different builds for different battles. (Alice whatever-her-second-name was the witch was a nightmare until I figured out the right build)
Both are fun but role play games have good replay value and "good build" games don't . . .
