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<blockquote data-quote="Samurai" data-source="post: 5709129" data-attributes="member: 3850">Think of it like this... Minor Healing is a useful 1st level spell that can be cast at will, once per person per day.&nbsp; At 5th level it morphs into a 2nd level spell, twice as powerful, still at will 1 per person per day.&nbsp; Major Healing is 4th level spell, at will, and it becomes a 5th level spell that is usable at will, 1/person/day.Not many powers give what is effectively 4th and 5th level spells cast at will.&nbsp; Compare with the major hex Control Weather, which is a 7th level spell but of rather limited usefulness... it can only be cast 1/day, and its casting time is increased to 1 hour!&nbsp; What would you rather have, a free Cure spell for each party member that doesn't draw attacks of opportunity from nearby enemies like a normal spell would, plus a free touch attack against undead (1/day/creature) that again doesn't draw attacks of opportunity and bypasses magic resistance (since a Cure spell harms undead, remember), or 1 Control Weather spell per day, w/ a 1 hour casting time?&nbsp; And yet, Control Weather got a higher rating?&nbsp; IMO, Major Healing will probably be one of my 1st major hexes I pick up, along with Retribution...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samurai, post: 5709129, member: 3850"] Think of it like this... Minor Healing is a useful 1st level spell that can be cast at will, once per person per day. At 5th level it morphs into a 2nd level spell, twice as powerful, still at will 1 per person per day. Major Healing is 4th level spell, at will, and it becomes a 5th level spell that is usable at will, 1/person/day. Not many powers give what is effectively 4th and 5th level spells cast at will. Compare with the major hex Control Weather, which is a 7th level spell but of rather limited usefulness... it can only be cast 1/day, and its casting time is increased to 1 hour! What would you rather have, a free Cure spell for each party member that doesn't draw attacks of opportunity from nearby enemies like a normal spell would, plus a free touch attack against undead (1/day/creature) that again doesn't draw attacks of opportunity and bypasses magic resistance (since a Cure spell harms undead, remember), or 1 Control Weather spell per day, w/ a 1 hour casting time? And yet, Control Weather got a higher rating? IMO, Major Healing will probably be one of my 1st major hexes I pick up, along with Retribution... [/QUOTE]

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