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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4672841" data-attributes="member: 9053">I'm more than a bit surprised at the animosity here. There's nothing wrong with the mechanics for marking as a defender for either the Swordmage or the  Fighter: they just work differently.If you're running against large numbers of creatures, the fighter definitely locks down more creatures, while the swordmage (the shielding one at least, I don't have experiences with assault) pretty much takes one one foe out of the equation.Both do a strong job as a defender, they just do it differently, which is the entire point of the class. If I only had one defender for a group, I would base my pick on the play style of the GM (I know that's metagaming, but there you go). My current GM likes to run small numbers of very powerful opponents against us, so the Swordmage defends quite well. If I were running against lots of medium powered foes, I'd probably prefer the fighter.Again, there's really no need to bring a fight to this, since from my actual play experiences (I've played a fighter as well...) they both perform their role, they just do it differently.Just my $.02...--Steve</blockquote>