What I was getting at is that the way the 18th level ability is worded, it doesn't mention anything about spell level. There's nothing that says it can be more than the cantrip that War Magic mentions at 7th level, nor does it say that it can't be a level 3 (or eventually level 4) spell.
I think the design notes show that their original instinct for a Fighter lv18 feature was to nerf it to just lv1 and lv2 spells. At lv18.
If they just made it sacrificing 1 attack per spell level and gave it all to you at 7th level then that would make this sub class more desirable. With how Pact of the blade has changed I don't think we will see many eldritch knights any longer, not that we ever saw that many of them.
They really should. I just want to hit a dude, trigger Push weapon mastery to clump him with his fellows, and Thunderwave them at once.
Full Casters.
While I love my full caster spells over 6th maybe 7th level just break the game when compared to what non spell casters can do.Full Casters.
Full Casters.
I remember the height of 3.5. Outside of the educated optimizer caste of players, average community members thought that the druid, cleric, and wizard were fine but when less powerful stuff came out in splatbooks, people would cry about how overpowered they were. There has to be a name for the phenomenon of thinking that the broken stuff in the core book is balanced and that the less powerful splatbooks stuff is OP.
