One with the storm passive/Charged Staff

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I agree that the damage line does suggest that your power charge maximum is a hard limit for the damage line. However, it is completely fair to think that the passive node which sounds like it provides an exception to that limit be used to exceed that limit. I disagree that this is a "you read it wrong" situation, as the passive could very easily supersede the skills listed limitation if that's what GGG wants it to do.

it is not fair to think that.
It would be fair to think that if it said something like "ignores max limit consumed" or something but it doesn't.
The Key to this interaction is that the skill you are using specifically states that it ONLY consumes up to your max. There is zero reason to assume otherwise.

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Besides, under strict reading Charged Staff only indicates "up to your maximum power charges" on the damage line, not the duration line. It does not increase the duration, ergo in either case there is a bug here. Either the duration should increase by the +1 power charge increment OR the duration line also needs to indicate being limited by the maximum.

This is literally a "you read it wrong" situation.

Lets read it together:

"buff grants 1 to 9 added quarterstaff attack lightning damage PER POWER CHARGE CONSUMED, up to YOUR MAXIMUM power charges
Buff duration is 6 seconds PER POWER CHARGE CONSUMED"

That literally says you can only consume your maximum power charges and the duration is based on the number consumed.

How are you going to get a duration higher than that which is offered for your maximum charges if you can only consume your maximum charges.

There is no bug. It is working as intended.

+1 here,

has GGG chimed in on this yet?

This bug also appears to apply to Falling Thunder, which does not share the contested wording. With 3 max charges, there is no difference in the number of projectiles between uses at 2 or 3 charges. I doubt it is intended for Charged Staff either.

A full month later....

Any word on a fix from GGG? This was a big patch that just dropped. And this passive may not be a Keystone, but it's pretty darn notable to Power Charge skills, and a lot of points to the East - and its got all those capital letters in the Title Text.