Potential Ball Lightning Concerns

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DorenAlexander wrote:

The only thing that gets me about Ball Lightning is they waited until the league was over to release it. I had a lightning trapper waiting for that ability. I had to settle for Arc.

Since i have a rule about never rolling the same thing two leagues in a row. It will be probably six months before i get back around to trying it.

Or you could uh... you know, continue playing on the permanent leagues when your existing Ambush/Invasion characters (that you poured so much time into) gets transferred over.

I don't get why some of you have this silly misconception that the permanent leagues will somehow make your characters less fun.

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rrtson wrote:

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DorenAlexander wrote:

The only thing that gets me about Ball Lightning is they waited until the league was over to release it. I had a lightning trapper waiting for that ability. I had to settle for Arc.

Since i have a rule about never rolling the same thing two leagues in a row. It will be probably six months before i get back around to trying it.

Or you could uh... you know, continue playing on the permanent leagues when your existing Ambush/Invasion characters (that you poured so much time into) gets transferred over.

I don't get why some of you have this silly misconception that the permanent leagues will somehow make your characters less fun.

I don't think its about their old characters feeling less fun, but what they might be missing out on. I couldn't imagine having missed out on strongboxes.

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DirkAustin wrote:

Its not even out yet and already 'concerns'. "Omg a new skill" "nevermind the damage will suck", gotta love gamers.

Better than the garbage you post every 5 mins.

OP wants to do some mild theorycrafting for a upcoming skill, why is that a problem?

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kasub wrote:

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If that's true then that's good, though I interpreted it vastly differently based on what was said in the video

Just like ST, lmp won't increase your single target DPS but will vastly improve group DPS. It's pretty much a built ingame mechanic to work like that.

This. I can't think of a single skill that 'hits' (i.e. not damage over time) where multiple casts/attacks of a skill can't overlap, so I highly doubt that Ball Lightning will be an exception.

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Waves_blade wrote:

I don't think its about their old characters feeling less fun, but what they might be missing out on. I couldn't imagine having missed out on strongboxes.

You won't. They're rolling out Strongboxes into the permanent leagues.

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rrtson wrote:

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DorenAlexander wrote:

The only thing that gets me about Ball Lightning is they waited until the league was over to release it. I had a lightning trapper waiting for that ability. I had to settle for Arc.

Since i have a rule about never rolling the same thing two leagues in a row. It will be probably six months before i get back around to trying it.

Or you could uh... you know, continue playing on the permanent leagues when your existing Ambush/Invasion characters (that you poured so much time into) gets transferred over.

I don't get why some of you have this silly misconception that the permanent leagues will somehow make your characters less fun.

It's not about the characters being less fun, i prefer the hard resets every few months. It lets me have the feeling of starting over without truly starting over.

If you look at my toons you will notice i keep a few on standard from league play. I still load them up from time to time and mess around with them. But for the most part i prefer the new activities in league.

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Kenzorz wrote:

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DirkAustin wrote:

Its not even out yet and already 'concerns'. "Omg a new skill" "nevermind the damage will suck", gotta love gamers.

Better than the garbage you post every 5 mins.

OP wants to do some mild theorycrafting for a upcoming skill, why is that a problem?

Me too

I have been waiting for this skill for a long time, if it turns out to be garbage I am quitting this game.

If what has been said about cast speed, that it matters because the 250ms cooldown is per cast, then I am happy. Otherwise I cant see much scaling out of getting the sick new staff and going str build + iron will. Or maybe doon cuebeyari + rathpith / rare spell dmg shield.

So far supports that matter

Lightning pen
Iron will
empower

Those that do not

lmp / gmp
aoe / conc effect
slower projectiles (I see it hindering all non-boss gameplay with its aoe reduction)

Questionable

fcr / spell echo
added lightning (depends on the skill's base damage, if added lightning is less than 25% of that after 30% effectiveness it will not be worth the mana cost increase)

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DestroTheGod wrote:

Yeah it's going to suck. Just use arc.