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Mage blizzard should be reworked

rodzorrodzor Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
in General Discussion
The blizzard spell as it sits now has basically no place in pve or pvp, basically an RP spell.
These are the 3 main issues I see with the current blizzard spell:

1. It is an AoE around your character (when should a ranged DPS be diving into a group of enemies?)
2. it does very little damage, I understand the freeze effect procs off the chill it applies however you can do that with hoarfrost and cold cone instantly instead which is much smoother and also ranged.
3. if you cast the skill you are unable to do anything else during the entire animation so you might look cool doing 20 damage per tick however you are a sitting duck and not much of a threat to the enemy in PvP.

Overall the spell just doesn't feel good considering how far it is in the spell tree, you have ball of lightning which is a monster in PvE and it also has good use in PvP, and you get that spell much earlier on. I really can't see a use in any situation for the current blizzard, but feel free to prove me wrong in the comments if I may have looked over something with the spell.

Comments

  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    I like the range aspect. A good class should have abilities that require some positioning and thinking.

    I'm also not concerned with the 'sitting duck' aspect.

    However, these two things combined should see the damage increased.

    So, imo, it isn't a case of needing to be reworked, it just needs to be balanced - and it isn't as if we currently expect the classes to be balanced.
  • rodzorrodzor Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    yea i agree it isnt a priority but just looking at all the other skills i see uses and they feel good within combo rotations however this skill doesnt really have a place at the moment.
  • BackgroundDustBackgroundDust Member, Alpha Two
    you could always suicide slow down enemy's advance, or blink to an enemy group and freeze them and let allies to catch up to kill them.

    1. cold cone has, well, cone shaped direction, it isn't very far either;
    2. if you were to use hoarfrost (which if I remember correctly) can reach a lot farther, then you still need to walk to apply cone of cold

    I dont't think it needs rework or buff. but if anything, it could always have a passive upgrade in the future.
  • BlipBlip Member, Alpha Two
    Yhea i dont use it ether it feels bad.
  • rodzorrodzor Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    BackgroundDust wrote: »
    you could always suicide slow down enemy's advance, or blink to an enemy group and freeze them and let allies to catch up to kill them.

    1. cold cone has, well, cone shaped direction, it isn't very far either;
    2. if you were to use hoarfrost (which if I remember correctly) can reach a lot farther, then you still need to walk to apply cone of cold

    I dont't think it needs rework or buff. but if anything, it could always have a passive upgrade in the future.

    So, in regards to cone, it is actually a pretty far range even though the cast area starts at the character, also once again both those skills are insta cast and you freeze the player so you can kite away/blink while casting another ability. With blizzard if you begin to cast that you are a sitting duck, it is definitely not worth a suicide in to cast the ability.
  • rodzorrodzor Member, Braver of Worlds, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    BackgroundDust wrote: »
    I dont't think it needs rework or buff. but if anything, it could always have a passive upgrade in the future.

    I do kind of agree with you here though, a couple passives could definitely save this spell, however the base spell would still be almost useless(last spell you would put any points into)
  • SaabynatorSaabynator Member
    rodzor wrote: »
    The blizzard spell as it sits now has basically no place in pve or pvp, basically an RP spell.
    These are the 3 main issues I see with the current blizzard spell:

    1. It is an AoE around your character (when should a ranged DPS be diving into a group of enemies?)
    2. it does very little damage, I understand the freeze effect procs off the chill it applies however you can do that with hoarfrost and cold cone instantly instead which is much smoother and also ranged.
    3. if you cast the skill you are unable to do anything else during the entire animation so you might look cool doing 20 damage per tick however you are a sitting duck and not much of a threat to the enemy in PvP.

    Overall the spell just doesn't feel good considering how far it is in the spell tree, you have ball of lightning which is a monster in PvE and it also has good use in PvP, and you get that spell much earlier on. I really can't see a use in any situation for the current blizzard, but feel free to prove me wrong in the comments if I may have looked over something with the spell.

    DAOC had tons of sieges and stuff like that. Hibernia mages had a PBAE, like blizzard, and it became one of the deadliest spells in sieges, as it went through walls. It can be used it creative ways, and should definetly be in the game imo.
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