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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4494903" data-attributes="member: 2011">Of course.But, how helpful is that? +2 is a 10% change in result. That means that 10% of the times that it is tried, it helps. 90% of the time, nothing changes.So, the Fighter does less damage for 10 rounds (in the example above, that's 20.25 less average damage) in order to pull off a little extra damage from an encounter or daily power along with a special once. Most encounter and utility attacks do not do 20 points of damage more than an At Will power.And, these numbers assume that the Fighter will actually get to use an encounter or utility attack 100% of the time after using the modified Sure Strike. There are times where the extra damage of a more potent At Will would have killed the opponent. There are times where the special of a different At Will would have helped more. There are times where the Fighter is Stunned or has some other condition on the next round where he cannot follow up.Sure, it can help on occassion. But typically, it won't. Typically, the result is that the Fighter averages less damage in the same time frame using that option which means that the party on average uses up more resources with a Fighter using such an option.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4494903, member: 2011"] Of course. But, how helpful is that? +2 is a 10% change in result. That means that 10% of the times that it is tried, it helps. 90% of the time, nothing changes. So, the Fighter does less damage for 10 rounds (in the example above, that's 20.25 less average damage) in order to pull off a little extra damage from an encounter or daily power along with a special once. Most encounter and utility attacks do not do 20 points of damage more than an At Will power. And, these numbers assume that the Fighter will actually get to use an encounter or utility attack 100% of the time after using the modified Sure Strike. There are times where the extra damage of a more potent At Will would have killed the opponent. There are times where the special of a different At Will would have helped more. There are times where the Fighter is Stunned or has some other condition on the next round where he cannot follow up. Sure, it can help on occassion. But typically, it won't. Typically, the result is that the Fighter averages less damage in the same time frame using that option which means that the party on average uses up more resources with a Fighter using such an option. [/QUOTE]

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