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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BobTheNob" data-source="post: 5180235" data-attributes="member: 82425">Put the damage aside (and yes, I know the ranger is a striker, its his job) and consider that the bulk of powers attacks carry riders of some form. Splintering shot (lvl 5 daily) imposes a -2 to hit till end of encounter, or a -1 on miss. Now, if it was me, that extra point of damage I would do here and there would count for squat when compared to landing that hit. If I were using the greatbow and missed by 1 (and it happens, it really does happen) I reckon all the gains in damage would pale into insignifigance compared that that one roll missing. Its even worse for encounter powers, which generally dont have on miss conditions. What if a power reduces the enemies defence by 2(hyperthetical) till end next round and the +1 from Xbow over the GreatBow made a miss into a hit? Follow that up with an action point to attack again and your attack in the next round as well so you get two attacks with the now reduced defences. What sort of a difference did that make on your DPR? Mathematical models almost never take these things into account. To me, in the whole "accuracy vs damage" debate, I would gladly drop damage to gain to-hit every single time, and the math can go to hell. Landing effects is king to me.</blockquote>