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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Proctor" data-source="post: 4671431" data-attributes="member: 78547">And he does that how?  With his Aegis power of course!The point was that a Dragonborn Swordmage cannot mark every target of his breathweapon attack, and neither can a Dragonborn Pally.  A Dragonborn Fighter can though.  This is the advantage a Fighter has in terms of marking.  His mark is a little weaker in terms of utility (you have to be standing next to the guy in order for it to work), but he gains an edge in versatility by being able to mark anyone he attacks in any way.Edit: Also, something to clarify my earlier point about the advantage of the new Fighter dailies that give encounter long marks.  Say you're fighting a Dragon and some he has some minions.  As a Swordmage you can use Aegis on the Dragon and let it sit on him, that's true...but you can't Aegis anyone else.  With the Fighter, you can hit the Dragon with Lasting Threat and for the rest of the encounter he has a -2 to hit against all of your allies.  You can then go on and attack, and mark, any and all of his allies and it won't interfere with the mark on the Dragon.  It also doesn't need to be maintained anymore, like normal marks or Divine Challenge, which means that the Fighter doesn't even have to think about the Dragon while concentrating on the other enemies in the encounter.  This is why Lasting Threat and it's ilk are such powerful abilities.  While they're not class features, they're part of running a Fighter and need to considered...just like attacking NADs or tossing Radiant damage around like it's going out of style are part of running a Swordmage or Paladin.</blockquote>

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