This is a very bad change. Sadly minmaxers who have no clue about role playing are more and more dictating how role playing games evolve, leaving the actual role playing people who had no problem sacrificing a 5% on a D20 roll for a interesting character concept.
This has nothing to do with min/maxing; arguably the previous system has better min/maxing options. This has greater FREEDOM, allowing people to not feel overly gimped simply by picking a race. There's a reason half-elves and humans are basically the most played. I don't need to be optimal, but I'd at least like to not feel awful about picking a race that isn't, by base, designed for a class. I'm 100% pleased with this BECAUSE of roleplaying opportunities.
