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<blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 4454869" data-attributes="member: 56189">&quot;More&quot; needs to be qualified here as without doing so, it sounds like it's somehow significant.1 extra point of damage is not significant.Off-set by the fact that versatile weapons have a higher bonus to hit and the same average damage when wielded 2H and a higher minimum damage.And again, the piddly amount of extra damage you get amounts to very little effect in game.Which also doesn't count on minions, making Cleave by far the better choice for a defender whose job it is to get into the middle of everything and tie-up as many foes as possible.Cleave and Tide of Iron pwn Reaping Strike.At the moment, anyone who takes a 2H weapon fighter over a 1H weapon fighter as the sole defender in the group, is doing the group a disservice. The tiny amount of extra damage he dishes out is off-set by the resources he's going to eat up being kept up because of his lower AC and Reflex defences.Whereas this 2W fighter variant is quite well balanced. You get a good benefit for what you're losing. I wouldn't begrudge a player who chose this as the party's sole defender. I would, however, be miffed if they chose a 2H fighter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kzach, post: 4454869, member: 56189"] "More" needs to be qualified here as without doing so, it sounds like it's somehow significant. 1 extra point of damage is not significant. Off-set by the fact that versatile weapons have a higher bonus to hit and the same average damage when wielded 2H and a higher minimum damage. And again, the piddly amount of extra damage you get amounts to very little effect in game. Which also doesn't count on minions, making Cleave by far the better choice for a defender whose job it is to get into the middle of everything and tie-up as many foes as possible. Cleave and Tide of Iron pwn Reaping Strike. At the moment, anyone who takes a 2H weapon fighter over a 1H weapon fighter as the sole defender in the group, is doing the group a disservice. The tiny amount of extra damage he dishes out is off-set by the resources he's going to eat up being kept up because of his lower AC and Reflex defences. Whereas this 2W fighter variant is quite well balanced. You get a good benefit for what you're losing. I wouldn't begrudge a player who chose this as the party's sole defender. I would, however, be miffed if they chose a 2H fighter. [/QUOTE]

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