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Havok.cry
07-22-2012, 04:33 PM
Why did they nerf flaming sphere? I am not refering to the known issue of it just not doing damage, that is known and will get fixed when they get around to it. No what I'm talking about is that a sorceror can no longer have two out at a time.

Lets look at this, it is a spell that:
-can't be heightened
-can't be maximised
-can't be empowered
-can't be extended
-has a long cast time
-does only 2d6 fire damage
-moves very slowly
-does fire damage
-reflex save for no damage (everyone evades)
It used to be 1 minute duration, with a 1 minute cooldown, except for sorcerers, who only had a 30 second cooldown, thereby allowing a sorc to have two out at once. It was not powerful, but it was something I enjoyed when I spent a rotation as a fire savant.

So my question is: why was the above deamed to be so powerful that it needed the same coding added to it as a summons, that only allows one out at a time? It does not benefit from anything a summon does, so should not have the same penalties. It is also vastly weaker than any summons.

Please devs, consider reverting this spell back to its older version.

Ausdoerrt
07-22-2012, 05:09 PM
Ouch my Flaming Balls!

a sorceror can no longer have two out at a time

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Galeria
07-22-2012, 05:12 PM
They are pretty silly. If you want a bunch of them, cast them off of scrolls. You can fill a room and then dance. It's more of a party decoration than an offensive spell.

Lazarus8
07-22-2012, 05:16 PM
If you want flaming balls again I suggest you visite a red light district without a prophylactic.

Havok.cry
07-22-2012, 05:17 PM
They are pretty silly. If you want a bunch of them, cast them off of scrolls. You can fill a room and then dance. It's more of a party decoration than an offensive spell.

Well currently they are bugged to do 0 damage, so they are useless. When scrolled they are also useless, but when they arent bugged and you have fire damage enhancements the are a bit better than useless.

I'll have to check and see if scrolls can have more than one out, I would assume they got changed too.

MRMechMan
07-22-2012, 05:22 PM
There is probably a reason everything evades them.

Havok.cry
07-22-2012, 05:25 PM
There is probably a reason everything evades them.

Everything evades them because they are a reflex for no damage rather than a reflex for half like most spells. (The part in parenthesis was to help people who didn't understand the significence pf the comment).