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<blockquote data-quote="Hejdun" data-source="post: 5085518" data-attributes="member: 839">100% disagree.&nbsp; Unlike every other role, the the second defender actually actively interferes with the first defender.&nbsp; The value a second defender adds to a party will never approach the value the first defender added.We have a party with a Fighter and an Assaulting Swordmage.&nbsp; The Swordmage is so overshadowed by the Fighter that I can count the number of Aegis attacks the Swordmage has gotten on one hand (we're level 11 now).&nbsp; First you have to get close to the target to mark it, then you have to run away to make it hard for it to just follow you, then you have to have it attack a teammate, then it has to hit despite your mark, then you have to drop whatever it is you're doing to teleport next to the target and then YOU have to hit, or it does nothing.&nbsp; A lot of times you don't even want to teleport away from where you were to begin with.&nbsp; And once you teleport there, you have to find a way to get away from your mark so he'll provoke it again.Assault Aegis is the worst mark in the game, and it's not even close.&nbsp; This becomes particularly acute in a party with multiple defenders.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hejdun, post: 5085518, member: 839"] 100% disagree. Unlike every other role, the the second defender actually actively interferes with the first defender. The value a second defender adds to a party will never approach the value the first defender added. We have a party with a Fighter and an Assaulting Swordmage. The Swordmage is so overshadowed by the Fighter that I can count the number of Aegis attacks the Swordmage has gotten on one hand (we're level 11 now). First you have to get close to the target to mark it, then you have to run away to make it hard for it to just follow you, then you have to have it attack a teammate, then it has to hit despite your mark, then you have to drop whatever it is you're doing to teleport next to the target and then YOU have to hit, or it does nothing. A lot of times you don't even want to teleport away from where you were to begin with. And once you teleport there, you have to find a way to get away from your mark so he'll provoke it again. Assault Aegis is the worst mark in the game, and it's not even close. This becomes particularly acute in a party with multiple defenders. [/QUOTE]

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