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Tellani Artini · Jun 24, 2005, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Greater conflagaration removes physical damage sources from the battlefield entirely, so everyone on your team can prepare + armor vs. elemental equipment and skills, and more importantly not take + resistance to physical damage skills and equipment. This is much more widespread and easier than equipping + armor vs. water equipment. Why would it not be an elite? You're thinking of conflag and winter as ranger buffs when they're really whole team buffs.

Kishin · Jun 24, 2005, 08:40 PM // 20:40

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Originally Posted by Tellani Artini

Greater conflagaration removes physical damage sources from the battlefield entirely, so everyone on your team can prepare + armor vs. elemental equipment and skills, and more importantly not take + resistance to physical damage skills and equipment. This is much more widespread and easier than equipping + armor vs. water equipment. Why would it not be an elite? You're thinking of conflag and winter as ranger buffs when they're really whole team buffs.

I see them as whole team buffs, but no one benefits from it as much as Rangers naturally and people with Mesmer primary/secondaries running Mantra (And Elementalists in Pyromancer, to a lesser extent, who end up with 75 AL instead of 60).

Pause: 3 minutes later, while pouring myself a drink, I just remembered Ward Against Elements. Whoops.

I think its just my mindset that opposes the limited usefulness of Conflag outside that one defensive application that makes me hate it. I certainly can't decry its effectiveness in a build based around it (Which I had been saying to some extent before, and then now just realized the entirety of)

Tellani Artini · Jun 24, 2005, 08:52 PM // 20:52

Also see Elemental Resistance, which gives +40 elemental armor at the cost of -X physical armor. More efficient to just use conflag and ele resist than conflag/winter and mantra. I think resistance lasts longer than mantra, and I know it's cheaper by 5.

ICURADik · Jun 26, 2005, 06:30 PM // 18:30

Mantra gives free energy?

ComMan · Jun 26, 2005, 07:57 PM // 19:57

Greater Conflag is a terrible skill in the arena, but it can make a huge difference in Tombs. Depending on your team it's easily the best Ranger elite.

Fire isn't stronger than cold. Element type make no difference unless the target has an armor or enchantment against a certain kind.

Also, don't forget that you limit Warrior armor and some Monk/Necro armor that has added resistance to physical by dropping Great Conflag.

As for the above build, I've been trying to find an effective Beast Mastery build because of Fertile Season's recent popularity, but thus far I've been failing. I guess I'll keep working on it.