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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4952798" data-attributes="member: 5143">For me it has to do with damage stacking.&nbsp; I think the order of effectiveness should go: Powers-Feats-Items.&nbsp; I think all items should provide ONLY temporary or circumstantial modifiers or small constant bonuses that are smaller than feat bonuses.&nbsp; Any modifiers that apply constantly should be feats, any powers that do daily type damage should be power only.Since Weapon Focus applies a +1/+2/+3 bonus with a particular weapon type, any item bonus should provide a smaller bonus than that or a more limited bonus than that.Iron Armbands/Bracers of Archery provide a bigger bonus that works in MORE circumstances than a feat.But more than that, it's also due to stacking.&nbsp; As far as I can tell, the original design philosophy was that Level+Class Features+Enhancement bonuses should be the core of your characters damage and that any damage after that should be very small and not stackable.&nbsp; They wanted your characters class to be most of your character.Unfortunately, there are already too many untyped bonuses or bonuses of types that stack with everything else anyways.&nbsp; I think the formula should work like this: (the with the bonuses separated by Tier like: Heroic/Paragon/Epic)(1[w]/2[w]/3[w])+enhancement+(up to +2/+4/+6 from feats)+(up to +1/+2/+3 from items, or +2/+4/+6 if it involves a sacrifice of some sort)+(up to +4/+8/+12 from powers/class)Unfortunately, this is basically true other than the item portion.&nbsp; It is possible to get +24 from items instead of +3.&nbsp; I posted this in another thread, but the key to fixing this is to make ALL items that give bonuses give item bonuses.&nbsp; Then reduce Iron Armband/Bracers of Archery to +1/+2/+3 and then change Bloodclaw to 1 for 1 or 2 for 1 with two handed weapons, and Reckless to only give a bonus on damage equal to the enhancement bonus instead of double.&nbsp; Also, change all of their bonuses to item bonuses.&nbsp; You can either use a Bloodclaw weapon OR Iron Armband, but both won't stack with each other.I think that puts their bonuses back in line with the rest of the game and in particular, the rest of items.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 4952798, member: 5143"] For me it has to do with damage stacking. I think the order of effectiveness should go: Powers-Feats-Items. I think all items should provide ONLY temporary or circumstantial modifiers or small constant bonuses that are smaller than feat bonuses. Any modifiers that apply constantly should be feats, any powers that do daily type damage should be power only. Since Weapon Focus applies a +1/+2/+3 bonus with a particular weapon type, any item bonus should provide a smaller bonus than that or a more limited bonus than that. Iron Armbands/Bracers of Archery provide a bigger bonus that works in MORE circumstances than a feat. But more than that, it's also due to stacking. As far as I can tell, the original design philosophy was that Level+Class Features+Enhancement bonuses should be the core of your characters damage and that any damage after that should be very small and not stackable. They wanted your characters class to be most of your character. Unfortunately, there are already too many untyped bonuses or bonuses of types that stack with everything else anyways. I think the formula should work like this: (the with the bonuses separated by Tier like: Heroic/Paragon/Epic) (1[w]/2[w]/3[w])+enhancement+(up to +2/+4/+6 from feats)+(up to +1/+2/+3 from items, or +2/+4/+6 if it involves a sacrifice of some sort)+(up to +4/+8/+12 from powers/class) Unfortunately, this is basically true other than the item portion. It is possible to get +24 from items instead of +3. I posted this in another thread, but the key to fixing this is to make ALL items that give bonuses give item bonuses. Then reduce Iron Armband/Bracers of Archery to +1/+2/+3 and then change Bloodclaw to 1 for 1 or 2 for 1 with two handed weapons, and Reckless to only give a bonus on damage equal to the enhancement bonus instead of double. Also, change all of their bonuses to item bonuses. You can either use a Bloodclaw weapon OR Iron Armband, but both won't stack with each other. I think that puts their bonuses back in line with the rest of the game and in particular, the rest of items. [/QUOTE]

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