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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Melfast" data-source="post: 4314935" data-attributes="member: 17870">3 Attacks and 4 Attacks Equal?If you as a player had the option to take three attacks or four attacks, which would you take?  If based on a 50% average they are equivalent, why will 100% of players take the 4 attack option over haivng 3 attacks?  It is a chance to hit one extra time if you roll well, and it is one more chance to roll a critical.Over time, that chance for a fourth attack makes a big difference.  Also, as stated by the OP, four attacks makes the power unbalanced compared to its peer power abilities.  Compare Rain of Blows to Crushing Blow.  They are both third level.    Crushing blow has, in an indented paragraph below the Hit results for the power, that if you have an axe, etc. you get to add your CON bonus to the damage as a bonus.  It doesn't say add your CON bonus on a successful hit.  It says add it if you have a particular weapon combo.Similarly, Rain of Blows says, in an indented paragraph below the Hit results for the power, that you get a secondary attack if you have a particular weapon combo.  It does not say you get a secondary attack if you hit.  It says you get the secondary attack if you have a particular weapon combo.In fact all five of the other 3d level Fighter Attack powers in the same section grant an automatic special effect (damage bonus, slow the target, or bonus to hit) using the same power format and based on using the power in conjunction with a particular weapon combo, not on whether you hit.  Read in context with the other powers, it makes sense that the power is intended to be read the same way, and to give you a secondary attack automatically when you use the power with the right weapon.Just my two cents...</blockquote>

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