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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 4497441" data-attributes="member: 2804"><p>Agreed, all the criticisms of Rage Strike seem to come down entirely to semantics. I have no problem with it as written.</p><p></p><p>I'd just like to chime in here real quick on the armor issue. I think many people are looking at this the wrong way. The Barbarian is EXPECTED to take those armor feats. The Barbarian NEEDS those armor feats.</p><p></p><p>All of the other strikers or light armored classes are all heavily focused on INT or DEX, meaning they don't need heavy armor. This would even apply to the Wizard as well. Now, there is nothing to stop one of those classes from taking feats to wear plate. But they don't need it due to the ability score/AC bonus synergy inherent in those classes.</p><p></p><p>The Barbarian has no such attribute synergy to rely on. More than likely he will have his best scores in STR, CON, and CHA, relegating DEX or INT to dump status. This means that the Babrarian desparately needs those armor feats JUST TO BREAK EVEN with a Rogue or Ranger AC-wise.</p><p></p><p>The designers made a conscious choice to mitigate some of that drawback with Defender level hitpoints because they knew the Barbarian was going to take more punishment due to the lower AC.</p><p></p><p>So the Barbarian taking armor feats is NOT broken, rather its the Barbarian spending a resource to overcome a significant drawback built into the class itself.</p><p></p><p>And Hurricane of Blades is NOT broken either. Sure, you get up to six attacks with it, but you are only doing a single [W] worth of damage. Its a minion killer, but not very useful against the bucket of hitpoints that a 27th level non-minion monster is going to have. I'd much rather have Blood Frenzy and be able to dish out 5[W] worth of damage as my 27th level encounter power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 4497441, member: 2804"] Agreed, all the criticisms of Rage Strike seem to come down entirely to semantics. I have no problem with it as written. I'd just like to chime in here real quick on the armor issue. I think many people are looking at this the wrong way. The Barbarian is EXPECTED to take those armor feats. The Barbarian NEEDS those armor feats. All of the other strikers or light armored classes are all heavily focused on INT or DEX, meaning they don't need heavy armor. This would even apply to the Wizard as well. Now, there is nothing to stop one of those classes from taking feats to wear plate. But they don't need it due to the ability score/AC bonus synergy inherent in those classes. The Barbarian has no such attribute synergy to rely on. More than likely he will have his best scores in STR, CON, and CHA, relegating DEX or INT to dump status. This means that the Babrarian desparately needs those armor feats JUST TO BREAK EVEN with a Rogue or Ranger AC-wise. The designers made a conscious choice to mitigate some of that drawback with Defender level hitpoints because they knew the Barbarian was going to take more punishment due to the lower AC. So the Barbarian taking armor feats is NOT broken, rather its the Barbarian spending a resource to overcome a significant drawback built into the class itself. And Hurricane of Blades is NOT broken either. Sure, you get up to six attacks with it, but you are only doing a single [W] worth of damage. Its a minion killer, but not very useful against the bucket of hitpoints that a 27th level non-minion monster is going to have. I'd much rather have Blood Frenzy and be able to dish out 5[W] worth of damage as my 27th level encounter power. [/QUOTE]
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