generalhenry
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it's still always -10%
Power Attack still sucks
- Thread starter Kzach
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it's still always -10%
Fredrik Svanberg
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The idea is to take those -10% to hit when you don't need them. I know it's less likely to happen in 4e but there will still be times when a greater chance to hit is not necessary and more damage can be useful. This doesn't have to happen in 100% of all actions for Power Attack to be a viable feat, like some seem to think. All feats aren't useful in every situation.
Also, a flat +2 to damage can be more or less than 10%. Adding +2 to a d4 is at least +50% damage!
Also, a flat +2 to damage can be more or less than 10%. Adding +2 to a d4 is at least +50% damage!
I think this cuts right to the core of the problem with power attack. Its a very diminishing returns feat. As soon as you start increasing the base damage, the less the +2 bonus matters, but at the same time you are always suffering the same 10% loss.
Not to nitpick, but how many characters with a 15 STR are going to be fighting with a d4 weapon? The most common will be d8 weapons.
generalhenry
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Exactly. The benefit is static and the cost is increasing. Which breaks it very quickly.
Fredrik Svanberg
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You realize of course that in order to get more than +2 damage if it was +10% you would have to cause 30 damage. How likely is that with an at-will attack on Paragon tier? Some dailies might do it but is that really when you want to take a penalty to your attack roll? I wouldn't. With most attacks you would just get +1 damage.
generalhenry
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I don't think it should literally be +10%
Just that it should scale up with [W] so the benefit matches the cost.
Just that it should scale up with [W] so the benefit matches the cost.
Fredrik Svanberg
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Then Rogues would be kings of Power Attacking.
generalhenry
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not at all. Their damage is dependent on sneak attack. Which makes the minus to hit very bad for them.
Nur-ab-sal
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Since it's a Heroic tier feat, just take it at low levels when it's useful and retrain it later when it's not...
