as the title says, i think the current hyperfictation of the community on playing pure classes completely misses the point of the game, having fun and customizing stuff to your liking.
The fixation on pure classes disrupts this by shoehorning every item into a specific class, and purposefully neglecting the potential of mixed builds and the bonuses that apply to multiple classes like forbidden armour, ooa armour, and the potential of using your summon slots sentry slots, and mage sentries and thrown swords when you arent going for the "correct class"for them.
The above described problems negatively impact having fun as going with the same setups every time is boring and leads to frustration when, for instance, you get a really cool and usually rare item but its not for the " class" you are playing, leading you to discard the item and continue grinding for an item more fitting to your "class".
If you always go for the same class restrictions every run; i suggest that in your next run that you try out mixing classes and making full use of every item you get, it makes the game more fun, and less grindy, both things we always want more of.
Have a great day and thanks for reading my post.😀
Edit: it might take me a while to respond to everyone since i got so many well thought out replys, also to address the most common complaints, no i do not hate pure class runs, i just think they have been done to death and that people should give mixed classes a try, also there is tons of exclusive mixed class gear like forbidden, frost, crystal, and ooa armors that is really fun to run, and i think people should give them a chance, also mixing does more damage not less.