Quote Originally Posted by whoopeeragon View Post
As far as I'm aware, people don't hurl snow onto bushfires. It's water.



That block of ice becomes water...it's the water that's nourishing, not the ice. Of course I'm going to separate it as Ice and Water are two very different elements in this universe.



You clearly haven't seen frostbite on living things, have you? There's no turning back after being frostbited.



But in all cases, it is always as the form of WATER that good is done. Even if so, what can Ice do that Water can't do, if not better? I'm separating the two very distinctly here.



And I suppose that everything can survive without water either. *Sarcasm off* You're bringing one extreme force which controls an element how he wills to a matter that is being used by mere races. Of course the control will be totally off the scale in difference.



Look above, what can survive without water? And I believe a rep stated before that CNJs could use Wind, Earth and Water based spells, after Water got taken out after reform. And it was also 'obvious' which one was related to water.

Also, I've said this before - I'm not referring to the protection of the user, but of the surroundings.



Why do you need to go into extremes? Too much earth buries things alive. Too much wind takes someone's breath away. Doesn't mean that these elements are naturally aren't more beneficial than the other three. Earth for nourishment and rooting. Wind for breathing and aeration. Water for moisture and sustainment. Can fire, lightning and ice do any good at that basic level?



The fact that Ice can't do any plausible beneficial aspects without resorting to Water is indicative enough. It can't sustain life - it slows and decays it. Instead of thinking of Ice as frozen water, think of it more as the primal force of CHILLINESS.



I am referring to CNJ - why are you bringing LNC in? Compare Stone and Aero in the vid. Compare Stone and Water in the vid. Which one is the stronger spell?

Sorry to nitpick, but I am being very adamant about this. Ice and Water are two very different elements - if Ice has to rely on some form of water to bring benefits, then it is ultimately Water which is providing that certain benefit. By itself, what can it do to help the elements, the forests?
i'm pretty sure there's not a lot of bush fires going on during winter.

still plants revive after winter; and so does some insects; even after being wrapped up in ice, and frozen solid, all winter.

cryostasis, extending life; Even though it takes some extra stuff to make it work.

It's always mortal heroes that conquer evil. And mortals can become powerful enough to kill Leviathan, or even Bahamut.

i'm not saying water isn't life sustaining, i'm just saying it's as destructive. Meaning that you can use it for either; so CNJ could use water in a beneficial way, BLM in a destructive way. one does not rule out the other.

you're going to extremes when you say BLM shouldn't have access to water spells, because BLM use destruction spells, and somehow water isn't?
The sun is fire, without it we wouldn't live, without it's warmth we would freeze to death, without it's light nothing would grow.
There lives organisms in volcanic vents, in comets, and glaciers. There's organisms that are hydrophobic and would die from water.

you are so narrowminded i was simply pointing out the difference in power between CNJ and Lancer; and that stone didn't become stronger; it's pretty much the same. It's rather that the other spells were made weaker. On a side-note aero is DOT, so you can debate that aero is stronger than stone.
The damage difference between water/aero and stone is negligible, because random damage, and potency doesn't do much when dealing with low damage.

Prevent floods? Glaciers can carve out the land...stuff; i'm sure ice and glaciers have done plenty of good stuff through the ages. Even if it comes down to water in the end, water in itself wouldn't be sufficient.