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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 4973960" data-attributes="member: 51325">Again, Weapon Expertise is NOT needed until mid paragon so I'm not sure how this can be considered "essential".To me, Expertise pre mid Paragon-level is just like the 3.5 Natural Spell feat. It is a feat that is better than most of the other feats in the PHB2 but just like Natural Spell in the 3.5 PHB, NOT having it, won't make your character ineffective. (And yes people, a druid without Natural spell is STILL a BEAST of a class and Tier 1 status) .If at level 1-15, you notice that another player is hitting more often than you are, it is NOT because of Expertise since at those levels, what Expertise means is that, assuming you have a 50% chance to hit, for every 20 rolls of the die, your friend is hitting 11 times and you are hitting 10 times.You are NOT going to notice this difference in the vast majority of encounters since, to put it bluntly, you do NOT roll the d20 20 times in a typical encounter. In a typical encounter, you might roll a d20 10 times, which means that the guy with expertise hits 5.5 times  while you hit 5 times.The biggest reason why people think they are ineffective at those levels is NOT because of expertise but because they are a) not flanking, b) not setting themselves up for bonuses from their leader compatriots and c) they have a 16 post racial and their friend has a 20 post racial and then they decide to use a less accurate weapon while their friend uses a +3 weapon</blockquote>

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