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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 5255949" data-attributes="member: 5143">It overwhelms people.  That's why.  I know a new player who just joined my group.  She stares at her encounters and dailies blankly and doesn't really understand what they do or why she'd want to use them rather than her at-wills.I've told her about 30 times now "You should use all your encounter powers before you switch to at-wills basically every combat."  But she keeps looking at them and saying "Why would I use a power that moves 2 squares and hits someone rather than the at-will that stays where I am and hits someone?"When I explain "Because the encounter power does 2[W] damage instead of 1[W] damage." she replies with something like "But I don't want to move."She also thinks every enemy she's nearby is always marked to her.  She's tried to activate her fighter mark power against enemies who shift away from her when she never marked them.Things like this confuse her.  I think this would be a great class for her.  I could tell her "You roll this to hit, this to damage and you add this bonus.  You can choose either to hit harder or to hit an extra person with your attacks.  Also, once each battle you hit much harder."  And that's pretty much how the class seems to play.  It really does remind me a lot more of the 1e/2e fighter with a little bit more options and versatility.  Which I like.  I think 4e has become too complicated for everyone.</blockquote>

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