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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reapersaurus" data-source="post: 1024295" data-attributes="member: 1194">wow.It's amazing how some people almost point out their errors by themselves, without us having to.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Before I point ouit what you're not understanding about D&D, Carceri - I'd like to state that you don't feel a flame war going on, because this board doesn't tolerate flame wars.But you're new, so you wouldn't know that.You also wouldn't know that in the rules forum, if you're going to claim something is broken or unbalanced, to be taken seriously, you'd better back up your claim with some numbers, and not just your experience, opinion, or testimonials.So get some rest, lurk a bit more to understand where you are, and then enage in civil conversation about the rules issue at hand, please. I'll let your insulting words go, this time.(note: I thought it quite illuminating how you thought you actually left before ruffling feathers)About your oversight:You seem to be under the impression that we are comparing crit damage.We aren't.We're comparing average damage.When comparing average damage, you need to factor in the probabilities involved. And while this may be news to you, a 19-20 weapon crits more often than a x20 weapon.Therefore, you need to calculate the average damage per weapon is, factoring in the % likelihood for a crit on any given roll (leave Power Crit out of these comparisons - it's a one-trick pony).And guess what - these calculations HAVE been done, and the results by much better and able mathmeticians than me concluded that the MG is not out of balance with a greatsword, or other high-crit weapons.But I don't see how you're going to understand this approach, since it is based on a non-biased, objective analysis of your statement, and not based on supposition, personal experience, and ignoring statistics.It also doesn't matter how many people tell you this information, or how we tell it - you KNOW the MG is unbalanced, so don't listen to reason.I'd suggest listening to your elders.</blockquote>

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