Crackling Lance + Intensify Interaction - Clarification Needed

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SamSmitty wrote:

It is currently up for debate if Intensify is working correctly. There are numerous reports that the more damage per intensity stack is not being correctly applied to the skill. The tool-tip does not update its damage with intensity stacks, although I don't believe it has with other skills either. This issue leads to no real way to gauge if the skill is behaving properly or not.

The increased AoE from the gem and mana multiplier are being applied it appears, but due to the large variation in high vs. low damage in a lightning spell, it is very difficult to test if the gem is working properly. Some are reporting it is, others are reporting more damage at max intensity while switching to a "weaker" support gem instead of Intensify.

This unknown is turning a lot of people away from the skill and making those that are using the skill feel like they might be wasting a link.

GGG, could we get some clarification if the support gem is working as intended. Is it possible that if it is, to have tool-tips update with intensity stacks?

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Takiri wrote:

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Jatin_GGG wrote:

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SamSmitty wrote:

It is currently up for debate if Intensify is working correctly. There are numerous reports that the more damage per intensity stack is not being correctly applied to the skill. The tool-tip does not update its damage with intensity stacks, although I don't believe it has with other skills either. This issue leads to no real way to gauge if the skill is behaving properly or not.

The increased AoE from the gem and mana multiplier are being applied it appears, but due to the large variation in high vs. low damage in a lightning spell, it is very difficult to test if the gem is working properly. Some are reporting it is, others are reporting more damage at max intensity while switching to a "weaker" support gem instead of Intensify.

This unknown is turning a lot of people away from the skill and making those that are using the skill feel like they might be wasting a link.

GGG, could we get some clarification if the support gem is working as intended. Is it possible that if it is, to have tool-tips update with intensity stacks?

Thanks for your report, I had a look at this and it looks like Intensity stacks is increasing the damage of the skill though it's not reflected in the tooltip.

Supporting this skill with Intensify Support further increases the damage.

I never argue with devs, I never make toxic posts, I barely use the official forums at all... So when I say this I don't mean any ill intent or anything like that...

What you just said though is wrong. I have had multiple people extensively test intensify support with crackling lance to see if it actually buffing your damage. It is 100% not increasing your damage.

You will get the damage from intensity from the crackling lance gem itself (the self buff built into the gem) but the support without a shadow of a doubt is not increasing your damage.

Can you please re-check? Thanks.

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SamSmitty wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to test it. My only other ask if you had the time would be to check it with the tree node and possibly with spell echo as another posted mentioned. I believe testing the skill interaction with these two mechanics would probably put to rest most if not all of the mystery.

Once again, thank you.

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Nullstellensatz wrote:

Thanks for the testing! Could you please tell us how area of effect modifiers work on Crackling Lance? Someone says they affect the width of the beam, some says they do nothing. I cannot tell any difference between casting it with Increased Area of Effect Support and with Concentrated Effect Support anyway.

Does AoE affect Crackling Lance when player has less than 3 intensity? Is there any specific formula of width of the beam in terms of #% increased AoE?

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SamSmitty wrote:

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Jatin_GGG wrote:

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Nullstellensatz wrote:

Thanks for the testing! Could you please tell us how area of effect modifiers work on Crackling Lance? Someone says they affect the width of the beam, some says they do nothing. I cannot tell any difference between casting it with Increased Area of Effect Support and with Concentrated Effect Support anyway.

Does AoE affect Crackling Lance when player has less than 3 intensity? Is there any specific formula of width of the beam in terms of #% increased AoE?

Increases and Reductions to AoE DOES affect the width of the beam, however the visual itself effect doesn't get larger, just the area it deals damage in.

I very much appreciate you taking the time to do this. My hope for the skill, if you could pass it on, would be tooltips that update with Intensify (for all skills) and possibly a better visualization of the width of the damage you are doing.

The skill itself probably needs a little love. If I could make a single change with it, it would be similar to Divine Ire where it does a small AoE (smaller than Divine Ire) around your character to help with enemies in the immediate vicinity. It can feel a bit rough when mapping due to the cone use of the skill. There is a tendency to miss a small portion of mobs around a character. For a skill that makes you need to stand still for longer than others to dish out the damage, these extra mobs can sometimes lead to stun-locks and the such which lead to the skill feeling a bit worse to play than others. Also, the base numbers on the gem feel a bit weak, as it provides very little incentive to use it over, say, Arc while level. Once you have gear, the skill seems to perform acceptable, but just feels a bit on the weak side compared to other Lightning Spell skills.

Thanks!