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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4844593" data-attributes="member: 63763">It has less to do with getting to use sneak attack, and more with the part about a longsword counting for the requirement restriction on rogue attack powers. If you multiclass into rogue, you are really only getting the sneak attack once per encounter anyway ... so losing one die isn't as bad. However, if you are multiclassing enough that you have multiple power swap feats (maybe even paragon multiclassing and eternal seeker, etc) you'll either have to change weapons to meet the requirement for the attack powers, or you can use this feat. I'm not entirely sure, but I think that the versatile property might have something to do with it. In addition to the normal benefit of the extra damage (which isn't too exciting), it also allows the rogues to use a two handed weapon (albeit only technically). I don't recall an official statement one way or the other, but I remember some WOTC people saying that wielding a weapon in two hands allows it to 'count' as a two handed weapon, for things like power attack, bloodclaw weapons and more recently, a rogue/barbarian paragon multiclassed. Hybrid rogues may also end up taking it depending on the build.</blockquote>