This! 100% agreed! My irritation with regards to this has also been building up
#－.－)
I find it irritating as well but then I realised what he's trying to do when he's putting everything into strength because of the talent he got called 'The Brave Heart of a Mage' which gives him free attribute points when he kills an enemy with a physcial attack. Now I know why he's doing that because of the 2nd affect the talent has, which is when activated he can make all of his other states the same as strength so he's trying to put a lot into strength and then use that effect and be an all-rounder. It will take him a while since I think he wants to have at least 1000-100,000 that's what he said in chapter 1.
i think the soulsbourne games and challenge running really changed the landscape for how ppl generally view stat distribution. die hard min/maxers rely a lot on maxing one tricks (especially if respecing isnt an option or is limited), whereas ppl that play more casually, are less concerned w clear times and focused more the variety of play options RPGs provide. But since min maxed builds are the most prevalent in media, most ppl (incl ppl that don'tactually play jrpgs) assume that all "hardcore" players automatically subscribe to the mindset. persoanlly, I prefer min maxing, but I agree that having a character dump all their stats feels unrealistic and rather novel. It feels almost like the story is ignoring the possibility of exploring the world it's supposed to build and is forcing the plot into a linear direction bc we all know the stat their maxing will undoubtedly lead to op mlg highlight clip moments instead of providing compelling moments of adversity
MC having no points in anything but strength is really irritating to me. I mean, there are limits to how effective min-maxing can be, especially when applied in real world contexts. There's no way he should be doing as well as he is with nothing but strength.