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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 4460124" data-attributes="member: 6562">Not if you consider the effect of Reach weapons, and how they were 'nerfed' in 4e (by separating out Threatening Reach). The glaive dude has a situational bonus that his maul or longsword using companions lack. Well, I don't know if I'd say they're actually better. I'd rather have any one of several Encounter powers usable at-will than have a bonus Illusory Ambush. However, getting a power as good as Illusory Ambush usable at-will may be better than getting any 1st level Encounter power usable per encounter. (This is why Humans make such great Wizards, IMHO. Wizards have enough distinct At-Will powers that the extra power really matters.) Sure. In my experience (limited to my group, of course), merely enabling the PCs to keep trucking has been enough to remove the alpha-strike syndrome that 3.5e so strongly encouraged. Since it hasn't been a problem for us, I tend to look at solutions with an eye towards unanticipated downside.You might want to look at how some high-level magic items already work -- like most rings, IIRC -- which grant a bigger benefit if you've hit a Milestone. There are all sorts of cool ways to work that into the flavor of the items, too -- "Stormblinger's purple blade glows with pimptastic orange runes as it drinks in the blood of your fallen foes!" -- or something like that.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>