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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5670980" data-attributes="member: 61155">When he has offered these claims previously, he was using imbalance as a reference to the 'innate' imbalance in resources between Essentials martial classes and PHB classes. For example, the lack of daily powers.  His claim was that, due to this inherent difference, the classes would always be somewhat imbalanced. And there is some small truth to this - in a one encounter day, the PHB Fighter (who can burn several dailies) will have the edge, while in a 10 encounter day, the Slayer will have the advantage.  However, in my opinion, the impact of those powers and the benefits that Essentials characters gain in their place are contained enough that the overall imbalance, even in extreme cases, is relatively slight. And, more specifically, is no worse than the potential imbalance that already exists in terms of classes with different amounts of healing surges, or different power levels/benefits available via dailies, or even simply the balance in the support and design of certain classes.  Overall, the resource imbalance of Essentials will, I believe, have next to no impact in any actual gameplay.  Now, I'm not sure when the previous points changed to claims that the Slayer (and similar builds) are somehow inherently left overshadowed/languishing/etc. I certainly haven't seen any evidence to indicate that (as demonstrated when Marshall offered the same claims but couldn't support them.) The Knight has specific quirks as a defender due to its aura - but the same is true of the unique marks of other defenders, as well. The Slayer is certainly a straightforward Striker, but is no less effective for all that, and I doubt theory or experience could really show otherwise.</blockquote>

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