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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6035456" data-attributes="member: 42582">Response to last sentence: No.Response to first sentence - &quot;Ah, makes sense&quot;.I think I got confused by the post upthread when Ferghis said &quot;the benefit of this feat to a hybrid swordmage is significantly greater than to of a non-hybrid swordmage&quot;, and that &quot;A common (and well-discussed) tactic for paragon-tier hybrid swordmages is to try mark at least one minion each time so that they can quickly recover the power and mark more enemies.&quot;I gather the &quot;mark more enemies&quot; simply means &quot;keep two enemies marked&quot; - in which case, the use of minion-marking seems unnecessary - if you mark two non-minions you'll still have two enemies marked.And I also then don't see the feat's benefit to the Hybrid being signficantly greater. I guess you can make your Hybrid Aegis more flexible than it otherwise would be, by always trying to include a minion and hence having a &quot;handy Aegis recharge&quot; option. But a non-Hybrid already has that option, in virtue of Aegis being at will for them, and can keep two real targets marked at all times. Whereas a Hybrid who goes for two real targets loses the minion-based flexibility.Or am I still missing something?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6035456, member: 42582"] Response to last sentence: No. Response to first sentence - "Ah, makes sense". I think I got confused by the post upthread when Ferghis said "the benefit of this feat to a hybrid swordmage is significantly greater than to of a non-hybrid swordmage", and that "A common (and well-discussed) tactic for paragon-tier hybrid swordmages is to try mark at least one minion each time so that they can quickly recover the power and mark more enemies." I gather the "mark more enemies" simply means "keep two enemies marked" - in which case, the use of minion-marking seems unnecessary - if you mark two non-minions you'll still have two enemies marked. And I also then don't see the feat's benefit to the Hybrid being signficantly greater. I guess you can make your Hybrid Aegis more flexible than it otherwise would be, by always trying to include a minion and hence having a "handy Aegis recharge" option. But a non-Hybrid already has that option, in virtue of Aegis being at will for them, [I]and[/I] can keep two real targets marked at all times. Whereas a Hybrid who goes for two real targets loses the minion-based flexibility. Or am I still missing something? [/QUOTE]

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