Skill Revamps - Part 5

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Marikhen wrote:

I think that I'm safe in writing off Incinerate as a skill that interests me now.

The current version needs some work; there's no arguing that. However that work could have been something along the lines of reversing the pierce/fork/chain mechanics for Incinerate so that forking and chaining were applicable to Incinerate.

Instead it's now a clone of Blight and Lightning Tendrils for all practical purposes, and without the debuffs from Blight or Scorching Ray it has zero uniqueness and adds nothing new to the game. Worse still by removing the combination of channeling and hit mechanics it leaves Storm Burst as the only skill usable in that niche, and from my experience a few leagues ago with Storm Burst that means that anyone who wants to mix projectiles/on-hit/channeled gameplay and have fun with it is up the runny brown river without a brochure much less a paddle.

Old skills getting attention instead of being left to rot is something that should always be encouraged, but for all that the changes might result in a more "viable" skill it doesn't always mean that the skill will be more "fun" as is the case here. No Sire of Shards, no Cybil's Paw, no Ngamahu's Sign, and no more being rewarded for really thinking outside of the box because Incinerate is now in the same box as Blight, Scorching Ray, and Lightning Tendrils. Oh, and Blade Flurry as well it seems. :-/