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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4282043" data-attributes="member: 996">Strikers are supposed to be better at dealing damage /to individual enemies/.  Controllers are supposed to be better at dealing out damage to multiple enemies.  Both of these powers are controller-like powers that you'd likely use on minions (you're not likely to face 16 opponents unless some of them are minions - at 27th, Abysaly Ghoul Myrmidons, WTFTI).  The fighter power lets you do more damage, the ranger power lets you move farther.  Strikers are supposed to be more mobile, so it doesn't seem completely out of line.  Also keep in mind that 2[w] isn't twice as much damage, it's just twice as much weapon-die damage, which, at 27th, is probably not a big portion of the damage being done.The way the powers would be used is also likely different.  A fighter would more likely use his power when his position's been overrun - to clear away some minions surrounding him, fall back, and mark some foes that have gotten past him.  The ranger would more likely use it offensively - to clear some minions in his way, get in close to some artillery/controller/leader/whatever monster, tag it his quarry, and hit it and anything else in range.</blockquote>