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Only if you design it that way. (I assume you were referring to 'best' as in capability, incidentally. If clothing all functions the same way, is there a 'best' among clothing?)
And yet Runescape does it and has 3 million users. It works for them because the MUD is meant to be fairly simple. A set path of progression that is the same for everybody creates a common language to talk about the game in as everybody is sharing the same character progression path.
Many players do, but capability isn't the only way to allow players to distinguish themselves. Social reputation is at least as important, and need not be based on hard-coded things that one can master.
Are there downsides to any design decision? Of course. I don't know of any design decision that is universally the "right" one to make. It's all about context.
--matt
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