On Optimization

When the days were full of grief I build my own character in Shadowrun 5e - I spend over 300 hours creating her. And like most Shadowrun characters there was a heavy amount of min-maxing involved. She is a transfemale troll, which is not an easy life. She got addicted to Ripper because it was the only way for her to change her body. She made the money through underground fighting. This is were Renraku became interessted in her. They offered her surguries to become more beautiful, less troll. So she became a cybered up living ad to promote Renrakus disriminatory views on metahumans. This is how you get a combat ready, charisma 8 troll, while exploring your own difficult life as a transwoman. Pretty good for a solo minigame.

While I made this character to my likability I sometimes got frustrated. Why are there two types of toe protecting combat boots, but no high heels to step on people? Why can't I have a Vomeronasal Organ when its coolest feature would make my Adrenaline Pump even more fun? So I changed the data in chummer. (Where does it say that "Saeder-Krupp/Onotari Arms Silent Claw Stiletto" aren't high heels anyway?) But will the GM allow my non-RAW character?

This is the problem with min-maxing: you need to adhere to the rules.

The company putting out the rules makes you dependent on them. They can get your money just by creating new options. Which in turn also increase power creep, since options are only fun when they are better for optimization. Hasbros behavior is a good argument to reject the rules of D&D and keep its folk tradition alive. That's one reason I don't like min-maxing in D&D, it gives power to the corporation. But than again, it can be an awesome solo minigame.