Quote Originally Posted by Estellios View Post
Wind > Fire > Ice > Wind and Earth > Thunder > Water > Earth is actually supported by in-game manuals. I'm fairly certain the swimsuit water affinity boost and water damage cut is just a nod to the fact that swimsuits are for use in water and not really to be taken seriously >.>
Yeah, I took it the same way. It's a bathing suit, so they gave it "water" affinity. And since the bomb doesn't really seem to attack anyone, being strong against Fire doesn't really matter.

I think the confusion comes from the fact that one of the NPCs said you'd get a special heat resistant suit (the bathing suit) before escorting the bomb. So people are assuming that the "water" affinity makes you resistant to fire.

But I will also point out that the only mobs that seem to attack are chigoes, and not the bomb. I believe that chigoes are Earth-based. So if we're right, then increasing your water-affinity will help defeat the chigoes, because Water > Earth.

Eorzeapedia agrees with your (and my) understanding of how it works (Ltg increases defense against Water; so Wind increases defense against Fire). But wouldn't mind getting a dev to weigh in because of the confusion.

And more importantly -- Estellios! /wave