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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4692924" data-attributes="member: 5143">I see this, you see this, but they do not.  I understand where they are coming from.  They see at-will powers as all being "special".  And for something to be special, it can only be done some of the time.When you label basic attacks "normal", then there has to be a reason to use them more often than your other attacks.  Which there isn't.  It is one of the first things I teach new people who are playing the game.  Basic attacks aren't done.  Forget you have them.  Except on a charge, opportunity attack or attack granted by a Warlord, you'll never use it.I know I don't have a problem with that.  To me, at-will attacks are the absolutely most basic thing a class can do.  Anyone who knows how the fight in the slightest is using attacks like Cleave or Reaping Strike rather than swinging wildly(basic attack).  Just like anyone who knew how to fight in 3e was using Power Attack, Combat Expertise, Cleave, Great Cleave, Two Weapon Fighting, Trip, Grapple, and the Full Attack action rather than doing a standard attack.  I viewed these all as the at-will powers of 3e.In that same way, I view at-will powers for wizards as the absolutely most basic magic you learn when you study to become a wizard.  It requires almost no energy to channel a Magic Missile.  And it didn't require any real energy for my Wizard in 3e to do it either.  He prepared 6 of them on an average day.  He could Magic Missile every round he was not casting a higher level spell for the whole day.  The only time he'd run out is when there were more than 4 fights in a day.  Which happened...well, never.  Even then, he could use Fiery Burst(the reserve feat) every round, forever.  It did more damage than Magic Missile anyways.I used a bow when I was level 1 and 2.  By the time I was level 3, I pretty much never touched one again.  I'm just happy to skip the bow phase.Yeah, I think this is the key point.  Nearly every option listed in the Combat section of the PHB is to be used only in special circumstances.  Normally, you use your at-will powers, because they are the bread and butter of your class.  They are what define you as a Fighter and not just some guy with a sword.</blockquote>

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