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<blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 5626224" data-attributes="member: 3424">Their at-wills are certainly better, but probably not ridiculously so. If they were ridiculously overpowered, we would be left wondering why they would ever use encounters or dailies.Melee basic attack plus secondary ability score damage already puts it on par with many at-will abilities. It is effectively the same as the fighter's cleave, except that the enemy that takes the automatic extra damage can be anywhere within 10 squares, or the rogue's sly flourish, except that the bladesinger is not restricted to dealing the extra damage to the same target. All that plus he can apply a control effect in addition to the extra damage. Frankly, I see this as similar to the fighter vs. the paladin. They are both defenders, but fighter is better at managing crowds, but the paladin is better at locking down a single target. Similarly, all the wizards we have seen so far are controllers. However, the arcanist and mage are better at multiple-target control, while the bladesinger is better at single-target control.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FireLance, post: 5626224, member: 3424"] Their at-wills are certainly better, but probably not ridiculously so. If they [I]were[/I] ridiculously overpowered, we would be left wondering why they would ever use encounters or dailies. Melee basic attack plus secondary ability score damage already puts it on par with many at-will abilities. It is effectively the same as the fighter's [I]cleave[/I], except that the enemy that takes the automatic extra damage can be anywhere within 10 squares, or the rogue's [I]sly flourish[/I], except that the bladesinger is not restricted to dealing the extra damage to the same target. All that [I]plus[/I] he can apply a control effect in addition to the extra damage. Frankly, I see this as similar to the fighter vs. the paladin. They are both defenders, but fighter is better at managing crowds, but the paladin is better at locking down a single target. Similarly, all the wizards we have seen so far are controllers. However, the arcanist and mage are better at multiple-target control, while the bladesinger is better at single-target control. [/QUOTE]

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