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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5151233" data-attributes="member: 71571">Items as well.It seems like they can't keep it up, but they really do have a lot of power point longevity outside of heroic tier.And the higher level at-wills are just plain better than the heroic ones.Let's look at Concussive Detonation, close blast 3 vs Reflex, psion 27unaug: 1d8+int force, slowedaug 2: 2d8+int force, vuln to force (which is most of your stuff if you're TK psi)aug 6: 2d8+int force, stunContrast that with the closest power, Force Hammer, area burst 1 vs Reflexunaug: 1d6+int force, slowedaug 1: 1d6+int force, slowed, can't shiftaug 2: 1d8+int force, proned.Sure, you COULD take a low level power, and spam the aug 2 version of it, OR you could do the smart thing, take a high level power, and spam the aug 2 version of -that- which generally does more damage and has a better effect.Unless you really like those aug 1 versions... which are intentionally narrow and incredibly situational.tl;dr:With Augmentable powers, the epic tier augment 2 versions of their at-wills are better then the augment 2 versions of heroic at-wills.  And augment 1 powers are too narrow to be considered great utility.   If you're going to be spamming 2 power points a turn, you might as well be spamming the best powers those 2 points can buy.</blockquote>