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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5158878" data-attributes="member: 82106">Not really at low levels. Run the numbers. Sure there are ARE a very few specific builds where it can make a pretty good difference, but for the vast majority you're talking 3-4 extra damage per encounter during the lower half of heroic tier. Even the top half of heroic tier its only modestly more favorable. Actually its not 'a few corner cases' where this is true either. Again, run the numbers. A sword and board fighter for instance, very little reason to switch from longsword to bastard sword early on. Weapon Expertise and Weapon Focus, not to mention OA and CC enhancing feats and shield enhancing feats are probably all higher priority.Polearm fighters, as I mentioned earlier, these are not 'rare builds', they are a whole major subcategory of fighter builds and are quite common. Even Tempest fighters can do fine for a couple levels with military weapons and they're practically the poster child for picking up something superior. Still you can argue that certain mobility feats and such can be just as advantageous.Honestly, I've seen entire groups with well-built characters where 4 out of 5 had no use for superior weapons. Its quite situational and not as prevalent as you might think. Its possible the group(s) you play in particularly like to play specific builds that benefit a lot from superior weapons, but its just not the case for all groups.</blockquote>