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<blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4682441" data-attributes="member: 20239">I think you are quite mistaken in this assumption. Relegating martial at-will powers like Cleave (damage two opponents at once), Reaping Strike (deal damage on a miss), Riposte Strike (deal extra damage when you're attacked) or Twin Strike (much more likely to hit than with a single basic melee or ranged attack roll) to encounter powers and forcing martial characters to, instead, use basic melee or ranged attacks drastically reduces the amount of damage they are able to deal over the course of a combat.Similarly, by limiting an area at-will power like Scorching Burst and forcing the Wizard to use a crossbow or dagger, you're drastically reducing the damage potential of that character by reducing the number of targets affected by each action (not to mention the fact that the Wizard is going to be missing a lot more often than he would with an Int-based attack).Forcing most attacks in a combat to be basic melee or ranged attacks is going to vastly increase the grind of every combat unless you drastically retool the rest of the system. You won't end up with 3-4 encounter powers plus 8-9 basic attacks in a 12 round combat, you'll end up with 3-4 encounter powers used plus 20-30 basic attacks used as the combat stretches out over WAY too many rounds because every single character is relying primarily on attacks that are, at best, half as effective as a normal at-will power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ourph, post: 4682441, member: 20239"] I think you are quite mistaken in this assumption. Relegating martial at-will powers like [i]Cleave[/i] (damage two opponents at once), [i]Reaping Strike[/i] (deal damage on a miss), [i]Riposte Strike[/i] (deal extra damage when you're attacked) or [i]Twin Strike[/i] (much more likely to hit than with a single basic melee or ranged attack roll) to encounter powers and forcing martial characters to, instead, use basic melee or ranged attacks drastically reduces the amount of damage they are able to deal over the course of a combat. Similarly, by limiting an area at-will power like [i]Scorching Burst[/i] and forcing the Wizard to use a crossbow or dagger, you're drastically reducing the damage potential of that character by reducing the number of targets affected by each action (not to mention the fact that the Wizard is going to be missing a lot more often than he would with an Int-based attack). Forcing most attacks in a combat to be basic melee or ranged attacks is going to vastly increase the grind of every combat unless you drastically retool the rest of the system. You won't end up with 3-4 encounter powers plus 8-9 basic attacks in a 12 round combat, you'll end up with 3-4 encounter powers used plus 20-30 basic attacks used as the combat stretches out over WAY too many rounds because every single character is relying primarily on attacks that are, at best, half as effective as a normal at-will power. [/QUOTE]

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