New Posts For Thread: Just Say 'No' to the Alpha Strikehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_StrikeI just got back from a long convention weekend. It was a blast but I made several observations that I thought I would share with the internet LFR community and see what others thought. Righteous Rage of Tempus is still silly. Dice of Auspicious FortuEd, is that you?  I think one of the "two ranged rangers with multiple crits" was me at your table on Saturday night.  It was Crazy how well the dice were rolling. ;)Though that was my first paragon table, so I was still feeling out all of my new Phttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_Strike?post_id=458029209#458029209Ed, is that you?  I think one of the "two ranged rangers with multiple crits" was me at your table on Saturday night.  It was Crazy how well the dice were rolling. ;)Though that was my first paragon table, so I was still feeling out all of my new PMon, 19 Jul 2010 21:58:19 -0500The issue with average damage is that some creatures have reduction or insubstantial so if the charactor is starting with an average of 15 damage before insubstantial he's doing about 7 after and a PC who averages 15 or more is typically going to behttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_Strike?post_id=457935501#457935501The issue with average damage is that some creatures have reduction or insubstantial so if the charactor is starting with an average of 15 damage before insubstantial he's doing about 7 after and a PC who averages 15 or more is typically going to beMon, 19 Jul 2010 11:13:48 -0500In the last few Battle Interactives for Living Arcanis, we used average damage.  It particularly speeded up spellcasters -- I was playing a psion, and instead of rolling large handfuls of dice each time for Energy Ball (or whatever), I'd just tell thttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_Strike?post_id=457916869#457916869In the last few Battle Interactives for Living Arcanis, we used average damage.  It particularly speeded up spellcasters -- I was playing a psion, and instead of rolling large handfuls of dice each time for Energy Ball (or whatever), I'd just tell tMon, 19 Jul 2010 09:09:58 -0500Wouldn't that imply a problem with Insubstantial, and not the other regular combat stuff?Putting everyone to max damage rolls changes EVERYTHING. Monsters would have to get their HP beefed up to compensate, damage reduction would have to increase acrhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_Strike?post_id=457887329#457887329Wouldn't that imply a problem with Insubstantial, and not the other regular combat stuff?Putting everyone to max damage rolls changes EVERYTHING. Monsters would have to get their HP beefed up to compensate, damage reduction would have to increase acrMon, 19 Jul 2010 02:49:24 -0500The issue with average damage is that some creatures have reduction or insubstantial so if the charactor is starting with an average of 15 damage before insubstantial he's doing about 7 after and a PC who averages 15 or more is typically going to behttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/24935789/Just_Say_No_to_the_Alpha_Strike?post_id=457886745#457886745The issue with average damage is that some creatures have reduction or insubstantial so if the charactor is starting with an average of 15 damage before insubstantial he's doing about 7 after and a PC who averages 15 or more is typically going to beMon, 19 Jul 2010 02:35:24 -0500