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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runestar" data-source="post: 4720703" data-attributes="member: 72317">Is it just me, or do the epic defense-boosting feats also seem like patches in the guise of feats?It is all too tempting to pump the 2 key stats for your class and just focus improving them every chance you get, while ignoring your other 4 stats. As a result, most classes will have 2 excellent defenses (by virtue of having 2 good stats) and one crappy defense which most monsters will have no problem overcoming. Those feats seem like an excellent means of shoring up your weak defense.For example, a half-orc brutal scoundrel who maxed out str and dex will have a crap will defense. So he will probably take iron will at paragon, then retrain it to either robust defenses or indomitable will, while taking epic will at the same time. That +6 to will defense sure helps shore up the +8/+9 disparity between your strong and your crap defense (assuming 10 in all mental stats, and 26-28 for str and dex at lv30). And if he takes epic fortitude/reflexes as well, his already strong defenses will be all the more unassailable. Feature or bug here?</blockquote>