Curse

entropy · Aug 25, 2005, 08:14 PM // 20:14

increased cast time to 3 seconds not additional 3 secs. They would have to up dmg by a huge amount and mroe people if its 5 sec cast time

TheGreatBoo · Aug 25, 2005, 08:24 PM // 20:24

My mistake I can now fire off lightning orb and lightning strike off in the time it takes to cast chain lightning. If they want to lower its aoe dmg then they need to lower its bounce range and leave it at that.

smurfhunter · Aug 26, 2005, 04:52 AM // 04:52

i still dont see how fire eles can do jack in a pvp setting... but i dont plan on arguing on that.

my guess is they nerfed chain lightning because spirits were 'the' counter to it, and with that gone they dont want a repeat. not that spike groups were even good back then, but yknow itl cut down on the 'rank 2(lier) spiker looking for expert spike team!' going on in tombs

Audhumla · Aug 26, 2005, 04:59 AM // 04:59

THey nerfed Chain Lightning because they wanted Air magic to be more of a single target thing, and Fire magic to be the AoE field, and Chain was too good of an AoE type sell for Air Magic.

smurfhunter · Aug 26, 2005, 05:00 AM // 05:00

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Originally Posted by Audhumla

THey nerfed Chain Lightning because they wanted Air magic to be more of a single target thing, and Fire magic to be the AoE field, and Chain was too good of an AoE type sell for Air Magic.

that was probably the main point. sorry if i mislead you a bit in my previous post

DarkAynjil · Aug 26, 2005, 03:15 PM // 15:15

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Originally Posted by TheGreatBoo

No you read that wrong. It's an additional 3 second cost. 5 Seconds is useless. In that time I could fire off Lightning orb, lightning strike, enervating charge, and lightning javelin. 25% armor penetration is a joke when its only 80 dmg. For the cost, exhaustion, cast time, and junk dmg, it's been trashed.

Chain Lightning: increased cast time to 3 seconds; decreased damage to 10..85; lowered maximum distance between targets

No, you read that wrong. It's 3 seconds instead of 2 to cast chain now.
it will deal 89 damage (if i am calculating right, someone like Ensign could correct me here...) at 16 Air. For 10 Energy you get an AoE in Air, the non-aoe line, decent (albeit no longer spectacular) damage with 25% armor pen, and a relatively quick recharge (in comparison to spells from other lines), in exchange for a little exhaustion. It's not junk, it's just not strictly "better" than Lightning Surge anymore.

DarkAynjil · Aug 26, 2005, 03:18 PM // 15:18

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