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<blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 4976013" data-attributes="member: 59057"><p>Still i believe DMfPG is right. He is the only one giving exapmles of character who just do not need it. And he is dismissed.</p><p>He also gived examples of characters who better take it and gets dismissed.</p><p> </p><p>What do you want to hear? You are right. Expertise ruined the game?</p><p>No one said that this feat is not extremely good and even more if you look at nimble blade vs light blade expertise (you would really be stupid to take nimble blade over light blade expertise)</p><p>Actually when i argumented about it restricting your choices i thought you must take a specific weapon instead of a group (see how seldom i consider taking it)</p><p> </p><p>Restricting it to a certain weapon might be a good idea. For classes who can only use a certain kind of weapon group (like a rogue) it is so good i would not skip it. Even if it would only give a +1 bonus at all tiers.</p><p> </p><p>I would not remove it however. a +1 bonus for an axe wielding dwarf seems ok. Spending a feat for a minimal bonus. Yes, it only procs at a ceratain number at level 1-14. It is about the same as the weapon mastery feats, which make another number than 20 a crit.</p><p>It doesn´t increase your maximum damage, but makes it more probable that you achieve the maximum, where weapon focus and critical feats increase your maximum.</p><p> </p><p>If you need to be reliable, for all means, take expertise. If you want to be remembered, improve your damage output (weapon focus, better crits, backstabber etc.). </p><p> </p><p>Example: with 1d8 + 4 damage you hit for an average of 8.5... when you hit at 10, you are better off with weapon focus than weapon expertise if damage is your main concern</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UngeheuerLich, post: 4976013, member: 59057"] Still i believe DMfPG is right. He is the only one giving exapmles of character who just do not need it. And he is dismissed. He also gived examples of characters who better take it and gets dismissed. What do you want to hear? You are right. Expertise ruined the game? No one said that this feat is not extremely good and even more if you look at nimble blade vs light blade expertise (you would really be stupid to take nimble blade over light blade expertise) Actually when i argumented about it restricting your choices i thought you must take a specific weapon instead of a group (see how seldom i consider taking it) Restricting it to a certain weapon might be a good idea. For classes who can only use a certain kind of weapon group (like a rogue) it is so good i would not skip it. Even if it would only give a +1 bonus at all tiers. I would not remove it however. a +1 bonus for an axe wielding dwarf seems ok. Spending a feat for a minimal bonus. Yes, it only procs at a ceratain number at level 1-14. It is about the same as the weapon mastery feats, which make another number than 20 a crit. It doesn´t increase your maximum damage, but makes it more probable that you achieve the maximum, where weapon focus and critical feats increase your maximum. If you need to be reliable, for all means, take expertise. If you want to be remembered, improve your damage output (weapon focus, better crits, backstabber etc.). Example: with 1d8 + 4 damage you hit for an average of 8.5... when you hit at 10, you are better off with weapon focus than weapon expertise if damage is your main concern [/QUOTE]
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