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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4950043" data-attributes="member: 996">'Caster' doesn't really aply like it used to.&nbsp; A Warlord is as much a 'caster' now as a Cleric.&nbsp; The roles are what count.&nbsp; And the Controller - which is damn close to what we used to think of as a caster, with the iconic caster of the past, the Wizard, now the iconic Controller - is certainly a prime target.&nbsp; Everyone has pretty decent AC these days, but PC Controllers have fewer hps (and surges), if you can bring anyone down quickly, it's one of these guys.&nbsp; And, thier powers can screw you over from round 1.&nbsp; Strikers can concentrate damage and bring a monster down pretty quick, but a controller can potentially cancel the actions of multiple monsters with a single use of a power.&nbsp;&nbsp; Striker is the obvious second priority.A problem with prioritizing the Controller or Striker, though, is that the Leader can just heal them.&nbsp; Of course, the&nbsp; Leader can just heal himself, too - it's terribly hard to bring down a PC before he gets to act, at all - so prioritizing him doesn't help, you still have to exhuast his healing power.&nbsp; You might as well have him exhaust it keeping the Controller&nbsp; - who has fewer and smaller surges - up.&nbsp; It's a less efficient use of the leader's healing than keeping himself up.Once you've brought down one PC, chances are the Leader doesn't have much healing left, and his main source of annoyance is done.&nbsp; The only thing standing between your next victim and 0 hps is his Second Wind.&nbsp; Of course, a lot of monsters are probably dead, between the strikers' damage and the consequences of ignoring the Defender's marking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 4950043, member: 996"] 'Caster' doesn't really aply like it used to. A Warlord is as much a 'caster' now as a Cleric. The roles are what count. And the Controller - which is damn close to what we used to think of as a caster, with the iconic caster of the past, the Wizard, now the iconic Controller - is certainly a prime target. Everyone has pretty decent AC these days, but PC Controllers have fewer hps (and surges), if you can bring anyone down quickly, it's one of these guys. And, thier powers can screw you over from round 1. Strikers can concentrate damage and bring a monster down pretty quick, but a controller can potentially cancel the actions of multiple monsters with a single use of a power. Striker is the obvious second priority. A problem with prioritizing the Controller or Striker, though, is that the Leader can just heal them. Of course, the Leader can just heal himself, too - it's terribly hard to bring down a PC before he gets to act, at all - so prioritizing him doesn't help, you still have to exhuast his healing power. You might as well have him exhaust it keeping the Controller - who has fewer and smaller surges - up. It's a less efficient use of the leader's healing than keeping himself up. Once you've brought down one PC, chances are the Leader doesn't have much healing left, and his main source of annoyance is done. The only thing standing between your next victim and 0 hps is his Second Wind. Of course, a lot of monsters are probably dead, between the strikers' damage and the consequences of ignoring the Defender's marking. [/QUOTE]

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