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First Post
Nope.So, passing out more magic items to certain players is really not a solution. In fact, it will cause exactly the same issue.
Currently, you have much lower level PCs in the party because they don't attend often. These lower level PCs also have fewer (and possibly less powerful) magic items....for the very same reason: they don't attend often. I'm advocating the removal of the level difference but not the magic item difference. Simple!
Moreover, in 4e (unlike older-school D&D), magic items don't make up nearly the same proportion of a PCs power. Level is the first (and biggest) cause of power differences between PCs.
As it should be.