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<blockquote data-quote="Korror" data-source="post: 4371645" data-attributes="member: 68383">Quick thought on the cleric's Guardian of Faith. Without a fighter, this power is not going to do very much damage at all. Since the monsters take damage only if they END next to the guardian, they will always be able to avoid damage as long as they can shift away (assuming they're not caught in a dead end or something). This means that the cleric has to keep sacrificing his move action if he wants to keep forcing the mobs to shift which will not always be possible. What if the cleric needs to move into range to keep an ally up or needs to shift to avoid a dangerous flank? In these cases, the guardian will probably not deal damage or force the monsters to stay mobile.I think these limiting factors bump the power down to B+/B as it requires unusual circumstances or another specific class to be used for full effect while the other daily powers are effective all the time. I know you have a disclaimer that the powers are always assumed to be used in their most useful circumstances but it seems within reason to downgrade a power that shines once in a while but is only average most of the time. You seem to follow this reasoning with the ranger dailies as well.Pardon me if I'm off on any details of this power, I'm at work and working off memory right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korror, post: 4371645, member: 68383"] Quick thought on the cleric's Guardian of Faith. Without a fighter, this power is not going to do very much damage at all. Since the monsters take damage only if they END next to the guardian, they will always be able to avoid damage as long as they can shift away (assuming they're not caught in a dead end or something). This means that the cleric has to keep sacrificing his move action if he wants to keep forcing the mobs to shift which will not always be possible. What if the cleric needs to move into range to keep an ally up or needs to shift to avoid a dangerous flank? In these cases, the guardian will probably not deal damage or force the monsters to stay mobile. I think these limiting factors bump the power down to B+/B as it requires unusual circumstances or another specific class to be used for full effect while the other daily powers are effective all the time. I know you have a disclaimer that the powers are always assumed to be used in their most useful circumstances but it seems within reason to downgrade a power that shines once in a while but is only average most of the time. You seem to follow this reasoning with the ranger dailies as well. Pardon me if I'm off on any details of this power, I'm at work and working off memory right now. [/QUOTE]

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