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Jan 2, 2012 -- 4:22PM, dgallaty wrote:

Jan 2, 2012 -- 11:07AM, diamondmine wrote:

Thanks for the run dgallaty. I just realized the wording of Combat Sprint actually allows a character to move 6 squares while slowed, so I'm going to remember that for the next team with a ranged slow attack

That's not quite how I interpreted it. Here's the wording for Combat Sprint:

You move your speed + 4. You gain a +4 bonus to all defenses against any opportunity attack you provoke with this movement.

And then there's this wording for the Slowed condition (underlined part is the relevant part):

Your speed becomes 2. This speed applies to all your movement modes, but it does not apply to teleportation or to a pull, a push, or a slide. You can’t increase your speed above 2, and your speed doesn’t increase if it was lower than 2.

I can see how that would apply to things like Beast's daily powers, where there is a bonus applied to his speed; i.e. You gain a +2 power bonus to speed. That would fit under "You can't increase your speed above 2." However, the wording of Combat Sprint is completely different (much like Mighty Sprint.) It does not increase your speed at all, but instead allows you to move 4 squares more than your speed.
Then again, I don't see a better way to word the power if they intended it to be useless when slowed, so I can't put forward any better argument than this. Now that I say this, all they had to do was add "You gain no bonus to squares moved if you are slowed."

Compiled Updates, pg 92 wrote:

Slowed
Page 277: Add the following bullet to the slowed condition. This revision adds clarity to the slowed condition.
✦ You cannot benefit from bonuses to speed, although you can use powers and take actions, such as the run action, that allow you to move farther than your speed.

So it is pretty clear to me now - even if I initially disagreed with it.

Jan 3, 2012 -- 11:45AM, TelinArtho wrote:

Elven Bouncers vs Hellfire Lure is up.

Lopsided fights continue for me...

Yeah, those movement-impairing effects are awful for melee teams like Elven Bouncers.

Thanks for the run!

Jan 3, 2012 -- 6:30AM, dgallaty wrote:

I see what you're saying now. It looks like the D&D Rules thread agrees with that interpretation as well. I just learned something new about the usefulness of Combat Sprint...

Totally new to me too! Just noticed it after the fact here! Thanks for being more resourceful than I - I was just prepared to debate it haha. That's part of the fun of this game, I think.