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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smeelbo" data-source="post: 4654341" data-attributes="member: 81898">My understanding is that as level rises, combats become longer, and so my strategy has been to make the best use of At-Wills. The more rounds combat lasts, the more rounds you won't use an Encounter or Daily.  So you want a flexible mix of At-Wills, and to maximize their effectiveness. For example, the rogue I built for the kid who's playing has Sly Flourish and Disheartening Strike. When damage dealing is best, Flourish rules, but against a tougher or more dangerous opponent, Disheartening may be a better option. For my ranger, Twin Strike is very reliably good. Choosing abilities and aiming at items that maximizes Twin Strike, such as Dwarven Weapon Training and Iron Armguards of Power, means that running out of Encounters and Dailies is less crippling. Indeed, last night, all I needed was Twin Strike. So again, like others have observed, the limiting resource appears to be Healing Surges. My experience with 4E is only a few sessions as of yet, but it seems obvious to me that a well honed group will get a lot farther with those surges. So last night, we had three strikers, warlock, rogue, and ranger, and the rogue and ranger used 4 surges each during and after the fight. So we are half-way to an extended rest. With a decent defender and leader, we'd have used half that many surges, I think. I am sure a well played, well balanced group could generally go four combats before an extended rest. But like I said, our group at the comic store is a small core of regulars, and whoever else shows up. The referee has set the clock ticking. The Goblins have some Master Plan, and Operation DOOMSDAY begins soon. We probably have at most one extended rest before they invade. So in conclusion, a good group and a good referee can minimize the tendency for frequent extended rests. Smeelbo</blockquote>

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