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<blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 4817633" data-attributes="member: 43019"><p>It seems to me that there is this assumption that epic is full of powers that boost the attacks of PCs or drastically lower the defenses of monsters, but as far as I can tell these powerss are actually most prevalent at lower levels and have likely been swapped out.</p><p></p><p>For example, looking at the last several levels of cleric (since we looked at the first couple), there's plenty of damage, some big areas and ranges... but there are attack penalties and AC boosts and lotsa healing, but not a single power that gives an attack bonus to an ally, Haunting (Enc 23) gives a minor bonus to the cleric himself for one attack and Holy Wrath (Day 19) gives a +2 bonus to the cleric. A daily Nimbus of Doom gives a -2 penalty to all defenses (save ends) which isn't horrible but likely won't persist long... and that's it for levels 17 through 30. </p><p></p><p>Lots more blind and stunned at epic, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keterys, post: 4817633, member: 43019"] It seems to me that there is this assumption that epic is full of powers that boost the attacks of PCs or drastically lower the defenses of monsters, but as far as I can tell these powerss are actually most prevalent at lower levels and have likely been swapped out. For example, looking at the last several levels of cleric (since we looked at the first couple), there's plenty of damage, some big areas and ranges... but there are attack penalties and AC boosts and lotsa healing, but not a single power that gives an attack bonus to an ally, Haunting (Enc 23) gives a minor bonus to the cleric himself for one attack and Holy Wrath (Day 19) gives a +2 bonus to the cleric. A daily Nimbus of Doom gives a -2 penalty to all defenses (save ends) which isn't horrible but likely won't persist long... and that's it for levels 17 through 30. Lots more blind and stunned at epic, of course. [/QUOTE]
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