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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6983104" data-attributes="member: 6787650">That's exactly the point. It's not "regardless of playstyle." It matters very much whether your DM is the sort to throw hordes of screaming cannibals at you at level 11. Mike Mearls' UA <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/encounter-building" target="_blank">encounter-building guidelines</a> say there should be twelve CR 1/2 orcs or cannibals per PC if you extrapolate; the DMG guidelines say that even fewer is fine for a Medium fight: 16-23 orcs for a group of four level 11 PCs, 4-6 orcs per PC.If your DM prefers to hit you with a single CR 11 Efreet instead of 23 screaming cannibals, the math shifts dramatically and GWM becomes less attractive.If your crossbow fighter is running into melee to get advantage on his attacks just like the GWM guy, then he's losing just as many rounds Dashing as the GWM guy is. I didn't see that featured in your analysis.Playstyle matters. Teamwork matters too. Combined arms FTW.</blockquote>