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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5289010" data-attributes="member: 996">I understand the nostalgic desire for an auto-hit, but don't see it as apropriate for 4e.&nbsp; Splitting MMs among one or more enemies has always been an option, and is entirely compatible with 4e balance/feel.&nbsp; If they found themselves choosing between making MM autohit or allowing it to be split between two (or, at higher levels maybe, more) tagets, to make it feel more like the classic power, they should have gone with splitting.&nbsp; It's more controllery and just as evocative of the old MM.There as been some non-trivial power inflation since the PH hit.&nbsp; The wizard has benefitted from it some, mostly in terms of feats.&nbsp; The other controllers have benefitted from (or embodied) that power inflation to a greater degree.&nbsp; The wizard already had very powerful dailies, so I suspect that the power up it's getting from Essentials and the impending Update may let him leapfrog the other controllers a little.&nbsp; Controllers were poorly understood early on, and are challenging to play effectively (but potentially very high-contributing when well played), so I'm afraid that the role may be getting more of a boost than intended or needed.&nbsp; OTOH, it could just be that Wizards is intentionally giving the Wizard back some of his former overpowered glory to apeal to the (hopefully returning) 'Red Box kids' of the early 80s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5289010, member: 996"] I understand the nostalgic desire for an auto-hit, but don't see it as apropriate for 4e. Splitting MMs among one or more enemies has always been an option, and is entirely compatible with 4e balance/feel. If they found themselves choosing between making MM autohit or allowing it to be split between two (or, at higher levels maybe, more) tagets, to make it feel more like the classic power, they should have gone with splitting. It's more controllery and just as evocative of the old MM. There as been some non-trivial power inflation since the PH hit. The wizard has benefitted from it some, mostly in terms of feats. The other controllers have benefitted from (or embodied) that power inflation to a greater degree. The wizard already had very powerful dailies, so I suspect that the power up it's getting from Essentials and the impending Update may let him leapfrog the other controllers a little. Controllers were poorly understood early on, and are challenging to play effectively (but potentially very high-contributing when well played), so I'm afraid that the role may be getting more of a boost than intended or needed. OTOH, it could just be that Wizards is intentionally giving the Wizard back some of his former overpowered glory to apeal to the (hopefully returning) 'Red Box kids' of the early 80s. [/QUOTE]

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