Quote Originally Posted by Kafanar View Post
so unless ur building an itimi tank what reason would there be to ever go sword and board again, twf'ing rangers get enough bounus to equal or have a better ac than most sword and board toons unless they are specifically built to be ac monsters for intimitanking? You cant say sword and board is more efficient in any way at this point, only thing is they might have 450 hp insteada the 400 the 2wfing rangers have. Sword and Board to me should be have an ac higher than 2wf or 2hf, and a sword and board toon that wants a high ac has to sacrifice his to hit to keep his ac climbing. so to me what is agrivating is Sword and Board i have to work at it to get my ac higher the rangers get ac improved just by taking Tempest. So they get more Dps and an AC that shouldnt match. to me there needs to be something done to help out the sword and board folks to improve the balance a bit. More Dps should equal lower ac not higher.... I dont wanna take anything away from rangers, I just wnat to see some love given to fighters so that they can resume being versatile insteada bein limited to a lesser class as i feel they now are. Now if u dont build an Intimitank with uber ac whats the point in being a figher, but alas maybe im missing something here..
This is another valid point from a completely different perspective than my own. I want a pure fighter who is a dual wield specialist; I am willing to sacrifice everything else in order to achieve that goal, but apparantly the ranger can keep up with me without the sacrifice. At the same time, this poster wants a high AC build and he's willing to sacrifice some dps to get it, but now the rangers are getting the shield AC boost and not sacrificing anything.

It really is killing the fighter class to have these gross imbalances. The fighter should be the epitamy of what all other classes hope to achieve in their chosen non magic combat role. It's not like my 2 weapon fighter has feats to spare by taking figher class over ranger class. Greater Focus and Specialization for example aren't much better than having favored enemies, and that's 4 feats right there. The fighter enhancements are WAY behind, and that's even after the new Kensai line is added.