Class and Level Geekery XVIII - Everyone's an Expert

[Dr.Zero]

Presumably, the DM would nudge said player into taking at least a Tier 2 class.

That's the whole point, though.
It's normal to be the hero of the campaign, if you take one of the best classes and optimize it enough, but only a true GM's girlfriend can manage to make her character be the hero of the campaign when logic would dictate otherwise.