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Originally Posted by DracoSuave  The Superior weapon thing doesn't bother me. It's a racial feat, so should be better than equivalent tier feats at that tier. But at the same time, it's a heroic feat, it doesn't -have- to be awesome beyond heroic tier.
Thing is, characters who hand-to-hand fight have martial weapon proficiency.
But more importantly, those feats are hardly unique anymore. Eberron gives Halflings one and Drow one, and they work under the Superior+2 banner, rather than the Martial+2/3/4.
I look at it this way. Don't you think they introduced Superior Hammers, Axes, and Spears in AV -specificly- so that DWT and ES can actually -do- something other than be a featswap in epic tier? |
While I do see the logic here, it fades at Paragon tier and is mostly gone at Epic. It's debatable if an epic Dwarf is better at using his weapon of choice compared to the Human Fighter who picked Weapon Proficiency (Execution Axe) and Weapon Focus (Axes).
That's why I've changed these "weapon affinity" feats to function the way Goliath Greatweapon Prowess does (no Superior weapon proficiency, but instead a +2/3/4 feat bonus to damage). This means that no matter what, the Dwarf Fighter will be better at using the Execution Axe as his "racial Weapon Focus" is better than what the Human can get, thus outlining the racial affinity.
Also, it means that superior weapons stay less commonplace as it's less of a no-brainer whether you want to invest in the Weapon Proficiency feat.
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