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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4582904" data-attributes="member: 71571">Opening Shove is not terrible by any means.  So what if it doesn't deal damage off the hit?  Shifting a large number of squares AND pushing the target is a powerful effect.  Of course you won't be using it -every- round.  That's why you have a second at-will.One of those 'pure striker' powers exists as a way to encourage them to hit you.  Which is a purely defender thing to do.  And it certainly is 'Fighter'-y to have heavy hitting attacks.I'm just saying that Strikers don't need to go as nuts with their at-wills.  Their role is mobile damage.  At-wills for Strikers, to fit this role, can be about mobility, straight damage dealing, or discouraging the opponent from attacking you.  Rogues have those holes filled-the only thing I would have liked to see is a ranger at-will that discouraged them from attacking you.  But it's not like there's a 100 different ways to 'do moar damage.'Compare that to Leaders and Defenders where their tools are a lot more varied do to the less focused ways they can do their job.I'm not saying there aren't openings, but all in all, there are more openings in a Defender and Leader's arsenal than there are for Strikers.</blockquote>