Am I reading something wrong or is Tempest fighter just better?

[Spatula]

Originally Posted by Lord Sessadore

but neither TWD or the Defensive weapon property grants a bonus to Reflex.

Two-Weapon Defense
Benefit: While holding a melee weapon in each hand, you gain a +1 shield bonus to AC and Reflex.

[chitzk0i]

Originally Posted by Crazy_Dragon

Khopesh is moderately broken, axe+heavy blade,

omg Deadly Axe + Heavy Blade Opportunity so strong! There was a thread about that. Unlike, say, hammer rhythm, there isn't too much that axes have going for them.

[HeirToPendragon]

Originally Posted by chitzk0i

omg Deadly Axe + Heavy Blade Opportunity so strong! There was a thread about that. Unlike, say, hammer rhythm, there isn't too much that axes have going for them.

I'm just not seeing the combo here.

[dammitbiscuit]

Originally Posted by Lord Sessadore

You have to keep the cost of feats in mind all the time, because as common as they are, you don't get infinite feats. Sure, eventually the sword-and-board fighter runs out of defense boosting feats and the tempest fighter catches up (or nearly), but by then the sword-and-boarder is farther ahead in damage, or more flexible, or whatever. Feats aren't free, and that's an important consideration.

That's a significant point. We're currently talking about Class, here, but characters also have Race. There are now a large number of effective and compelling racial feats. Nabbing an appropriate multiclass feat is nice for the only-3-trained-skills fighter. Style feats that boost your at-will powers are very potent at low levels, and at higher levels you're looking at all manner of interesting paragon feats as well as 2 to 4 AC/defenses-boosting feats if you want to hold your own as a defender.