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<blockquote data-quote="borg286" data-source="post: 4897291" data-attributes="member: 68679">One item that seems unballancing isBarrage Bracers (level 10 arm slot)Property: when you hit with a melee attack you get a +1 bonus until end of your next turn against the same target.The thing that's unbalancing here is the exponentially growing attack bonus with the number of attacks.&nbsp; Let's say you get 4 attacks / round.&nbsp; Let's assume you start off with a 50% chance to hit.&nbsp; It's quite possible that you get a nice streak of luck and all 4 hit, this means that your next turn you get a +4 to hit, and because your first one is now more likely to hit, your next one will get that more accurate and so on.&nbsp; pretty soon you have a +7 on each your last attacks of your turn.&nbsp; When attack bonuses are supposed to be as rare as they initially meant them, this one item skews things in the wrong direction.Another arm slot is the universal iron armbands of power.&nbsp; But as we all know there's a break point between extra damage and extra to hit(like power attack analysis).&nbsp; if you have low damage the armbands are better, but only to a point, and the barrage bracers put that breakpoint cleanly at level 10 when you get them.&nbsp; Assume a striker is getting 20 DPR at level 10.&nbsp; thus a +1 to hit is equivalent to .05*20=+1 damage(+2 damage @ 50% hit rate).&nbsp; With only 1 attack the armbands are better than the bracers, but with 2 attacks the bracers give an effective +3 on each attack(+3(3*.05*20) effective DPR), and the armbands give +2 DPR(+4 damage @ 50% to hit).&nbsp; As most strikers rely on multi-attacks this puts the bracers ahead of iron armbands of power, which are already high on many DM's nerf list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="borg286, post: 4897291, member: 68679"] One item that seems unballancing is Barrage Bracers (level 10 arm slot) Property: when you hit with a melee attack you get a +1 bonus until end of your next turn against the same target. The thing that's unbalancing here is the exponentially growing attack bonus with the number of attacks. Let's say you get 4 attacks / round. Let's assume you start off with a 50% chance to hit. It's quite possible that you get a nice streak of luck and all 4 hit, this means that your next turn you get a +4 to hit, and because your first one is now more likely to hit, your next one will get that more accurate and so on. pretty soon you have a +7 on each your last attacks of your turn. When attack bonuses are supposed to be as rare as they initially meant them, this one item skews things in the wrong direction. Another arm slot is the universal iron armbands of power. But as we all know there's a break point between extra damage and extra to hit(like power attack analysis). if you have low damage the armbands are better, but only to a point, and the barrage bracers put that breakpoint cleanly at level 10 when you get them. Assume a striker is getting 20 DPR at level 10. thus a +1 to hit is equivalent to .05*20=+1 damage(+2 damage @ 50% hit rate). With only 1 attack the armbands are better than the bracers, but with 2 attacks the bracers give an effective +3 on each attack(+3(3*.05*20) effective DPR), and the armbands give +2 DPR(+4 damage @ 50% to hit). As most strikers rely on multi-attacks this puts the bracers ahead of iron armbands of power, which are already high on many DM's nerf list. [/QUOTE]

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