How is the most optimal party in D&D 4e from levels 1 to 10 anything other all wood elf superior crossbow rangers?

It is, but super high optimisation gets fucking stupid, as OP shows.

Since this is a 4e optimization thread and I don't feel like starting a new thread for this:

I know essentials classes are fucked in terms of player options, but how are they on balance? Would a TWF Ranger and a Scout be able to put out similar damage numbers? What about a Barbarian and a Berserker?

>TWF Ranger vs Scout
The Scout can by cheesing it to hell and back and combining it with the powers of chargining. the TWF Ranger will almost always have a better Nova, however.
>Barbarian vs Berserker
The Berserker is fucked because its class options are genuinely quite bad, but in theory since it has access to all the Barbarian powers you could feasibly wreck as much shit, just without some of the stuff that makes the Barbarian great.

So it sounds like, on the whole, essentials classes aren't that much worse than normal classes, mostly suffering from fewer options = less versatility = less optimized. Is that right?

I thought this fad is over and now we hate 3.P?

The people who hate 4e will never stop. Any mention of people enjoying the game will be met with scorn, derision and the same tired old arguments that have been repeated so often a lot of people believe they're true despite them having no basis in reality.

The issue is more lack of versatility. A TWF will pretty much focus on dealing tons of damage, but there's variety within that, even if sorta. The Scout is pretty much bound to a few things. A Thief doesn't have nearly as much versatility as a Rogue has. It's really just "if you're going into this, you have the very few following options that are anywhere near decent". Mind you, there's a big part that's also optimizing for how to make the most out of your MBA, but you have to remember you have certain class restrictions. And ultimately that is the issue with Essentials classes. You can probably squeeze out the same numbers. It's just going to be boring as shit as you go down the same path every time.

Some are legit just worse versions of existing classes ON TOP of being less flexible, AND they drop off by a lot come paragon and epic.

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Which ones?