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[Sleigh]

Less binary.

It now blocks the same amount of damage regardless. Before it could block 20 damage, or 2 billion.

Yaaaaay

The damage mitigation itself wasn't really the excitement of the skill to me, it was the ability to change how you handled mechanics. Sometimes that was, yes, because you mitigated a lot of damage (T13 Earthshakers the biggest one), but often it was because you weren't "hit" in the first place (Titan Landslides, T5 dive bombs, T9 Iron Chariot, T12 plume charges, etc). It was a tool to help you stay immobile, which was fun and a way to play better.

Now it's just physical Manaward but it might as well not exist outside of helping your healers out for the heck of it, like in A1 and A3. Better than nothing I suppose, but gone are the days you could have the MT die, you pull aggro, you activate Manawall, the boss does AA > Death Sentence, OT provokes it ;_;

[Joenalor]

The change was a small potency buff, and double the proc rate for thundercloud, which was pretty big.

But yet no one seem to use the TC PROC because everyone trying to keep up AF an enochain i find my self just straight up ignoring TC proc at time just to cast in a blizz4 or f1 a buff to get more fire started should be added not TC imo

[StouterTaru]

But yet no one seem to use the TC PROC because everyone trying to keep up AF an enochain i find my self just straight up ignoring TC proc at time just to cast in a blizz4 or f1 a buff to get more fire started should be added not TC imo

That thundercloud proc is almost always a dps boost when used properly.

1. It has a shorter cast time than Fire 4.
2. It does more damage than Fire 4 if there is less than 15 seconds left on your thunder debuff and the mob survives for 24 seconds after you cast it.
3. It's instant cast, so you can move around, and use transpose in the oGCD to follow up with B4, and use a swiftcast in the oGCD for a quick B4 if you use it after B3.
4. It's up for 12 seconds.

Just because people don't use an OP skill doesn't mean it's not OP.

[hallena]

It's a shame they are going to increase the duration of greased lightning yet astral fire is left untouched

[Kabooa]

It's a shame they are going to increase the duration of greased lightning yet astral fire is left untouched

Astral fire takes 3.5 unmodified seconds to fully stack.

[Malevicton]

But yet no one seem to use the TC PROC because everyone trying to keep up AF an enochain i find my self just straight up ignoring TC proc at time just to cast in a blizz4 or f1 a buff to get more fire started should be added not TC imo

I find plenty of time to use tc without my rotation falling apart

[Horobi]

What I'd like is fire IV making next fire 1 instant cast. No dps boost on this as it cost the same mana as usual, but it'd open a LOT of mobility option when you're in burst phase and get aimed at. I seriously hate to have to move when i got to refresh AF, only to see "2s" left on it after I'm done moving and 20s left on eniochan, so waaaaaayyy too early to refresh it and restart a cycle.

In fact, the interupt delay very often last longer than the moving around thanks to aetherial manipulation. >.>;

Appart from that, I rarely got troubles refreshing Eniochan, it's just the damn astral fire.

[scarebearz]

What I'd like is fire IV making next fire 1 instant cast. No dps boost on this as it cost the same mana as usual, but it'd open a LOT of mobility option when you're in burst phase and get aimed at. I seriously hate to have to move when i got to refresh AF, only to see "2s" left on it after I'm done moving and 20s left on eniochan, so waaaaaayyy too early to refresh it and restart a cycle.

That would be way too OP and it would be a small DPS gain as we would have more room to weave OGC skills in.

Movement wise I think BLM is fine personally. It costs us some DPS sure, but when we do get to turret, DPS can be pretty decent.

[hallena]

That would be way too OP and it would be a small DPS gain as we would have more room to weave OGC skills in.

Movement wise I think BLM is fine personally. It costs us some DPS sure, but when we do get to turret, DPS can be pretty decent.

what off GCD skills lol. Lethargy?

Astral fire takes 3.5 unmodified seconds to fully stack.

your point?

[Waliel]

Astral fire takes 3.5 unmodified seconds to fully stack.

It could make the rest of fire very awkward mana wise, if you have the time, or straight up forces you go into ice right away. Getting back into AF3 isn't really a problem.

what off GCD skills lol. Lethargy?

RS and pot in the opener. Could also squeeze in one extra spell before downtime. Can't really think of anything else.