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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 5727108" data-attributes="member: 20187">Because most people don't really concern themselves with the mechanical fiddly-bits. If the archetype of a wizard is one who rarely uses magic, that's what is going to seem normal. If the archetype changes, then there is going to be pressure for the mechanical version to conform.Like, exactly how is firing a dart once a round different than firing a magical missile once per round for the same damage? Yet the dart is the choice in early editions, and the magic missile the choice in later editions. But mechanically, they're very close to the same thing.&nbsp; A weak at-will can be more or less the same as a weak attack with a weapon.Put another way, there was a reason that rangers moved to the dual-wield archetype in addition to the archer archetype. And it wasn't a mechanical reason, but rather a certain dark elf who dual-wielded scimitars.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 5727108, member: 20187"] Because most people don't really concern themselves with the mechanical fiddly-bits. If the archetype of a wizard is one who rarely uses magic, that's what is going to seem normal. If the archetype changes, then there is going to be pressure for the mechanical version to conform. Like, exactly how is firing a dart once a round different than firing a magical missile once per round for the same damage? Yet the dart is the choice in early editions, and the magic missile the choice in later editions. But mechanically, they're very close to the same thing. A weak at-will can be more or less the same as a weak attack with a weapon. Put another way, there was a reason that rangers moved to the dual-wield archetype in addition to the archer archetype. And it wasn't a mechanical reason, but rather a certain dark elf who dual-wielded scimitars. [/QUOTE]

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