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<blockquote data-quote="Skallgrim" data-source="post: 4734575" data-attributes="member: 79271">The other thing that people haven't mentioned, surprisingly, is that implement powers (seem to) often hit multiple targets, or have an Effect, or Miss effect.&nbsp; I don't think that many of the non-implement powers that target non-armor defenses have either, or both.It's fairly balanced vs. proficiency if implement power have a better chance to hit (as a result of targeting more people), or if they still do something on a miss.&nbsp; I am perhaps too lazy to look up all of the non-implement powers that target non-armor defenses and check, but this seems to be the case to my own feeble recall at the moment.As a related aside, I remember our group being unimpressed by Fireball, as it did (to them, &quot;so little damage&quot;, until someone shouted &quot;TO 49 SQUARES!&quot;&nbsp; For whatever reason, whenever these attacks are compared, the Attack and Damage rolls seem to be exhaustively scrutinized, but the actual number of attacks (when it isn't specified, like Rain of Blows or something) is treated like an irrelevant number.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skallgrim, post: 4734575, member: 79271"] The other thing that people haven't mentioned, surprisingly, is that implement powers (seem to) often hit multiple targets, or have an Effect, or Miss effect. I don't think that many of the non-implement powers that target non-armor defenses have either, or both. It's fairly balanced vs. proficiency if implement power have a better chance to hit (as a result of targeting more people), or if they still do something on a miss. I am perhaps too lazy to look up all of the non-implement powers that target non-armor defenses and check, but this seems to be the case to my own feeble recall at the moment. As a related aside, I remember our group being unimpressed by Fireball, as it did (to them, "so little damage", until someone shouted "TO 49 SQUARES!" For whatever reason, whenever these attacks are compared, the Attack and Damage rolls seem to be exhaustively scrutinized, but the actual number of attacks (when it isn't specified, like Rain of Blows or something) is treated like an irrelevant number. [/QUOTE]

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