Air elementals must be changed!

[SquelchHU]

Their current implementation is irritating as well as inaccurate.

I propose the following changes to correct this:

Change creature type from ELEMENTAL to OOZE.

Change creature name from some variation of AIR ELEMENTAL to LIVING GREASE.

With these simple changes the name of the creature now more accurately models its effect and this also greatly improved player perception of this enemy.

[Jay203]

Their current implementation is irritating as well as inaccurate.

I propose the following changes to correct this:

Change creature type from ELEMENTAL to OOZE.

Change creature name from some variation of AIR ELEMENTAL to LIVING GREASE.

With these simple changes the name of the creature now more accurately models its effect and this also greatly improved player perception of this enemy.

basically you changed one of the most broken monster in game and changed it to another broken monster, except changing it to being worthless

[Kaervas]

I would embrace this new type of 'air' elemental, since freedom of movement would grant immunity to it.

[SquelchHU]

basically you changed one of the most broken monster in game and changed it to another broken monster, except changing it to being worthless

Take from Jay203's combat log:

(Combat): You attempt to detect humor. You roll a 1: Check failure!

[Letrii]

When would I first run into Air Elementals and about what level?

[Memnir]

LIVING GREASE.

Seeing as we do have Living Spells in the game - please for the sake of all that is good and pure in this world.. don't give them any ideas!!!


I can just picture Eladrin now drooling at the thought of this living "party buff"...

[Vordax]

When would I first run into Air Elementals and about what level?

Reaver raid - level 14
Fleshmakers - level 14

Vordax

[Aesop]

When would I first run into Air Elementals and about what level?

Desert levels 9ish... unless you wanna really push it and go earlier

Aesop

[Mobeius]

Air Elementals been complained about since beta, they ain't changed. I have surmissed giving up complaining about them because they are working as intended. To annoy us to the extreme.

[Spisey]

heh wait till epic SR!

then we'll see people really b!tch about air eles!

[Vordax]

Desert levels 9ish... unless you wanna really push it and go earlier

Aesop

Forgot about those..

Vordax

[SquelchHU]

Seeing as we do have Living Spells in the game - please for the sake of all that is good and pure in this world.. don't give them any ideas!!!


I can just picture Eladrin now drooling at the thought of this living "party buff"...

As someone else said, FoM grants immunity. But really this was meant to be a humor thread, and taking a light jab at all the other threads complaining about air eles, while at the same time acknowledging they have a very good point - no one likes them, so at least make them funny!

[Natulyre]

Every monsters in epic difficulty dungeons are Purple-named Air elemental. Goodluck

[SquelchHU]

Every monsters in epic difficulty dungeons are Purple-named Air elemental. Goodluck

Sadly, I can predict them doing exactly this.

[Urguwno]

Let's not forget about PoP, where the friendly air elemental has been known to fling entire parties against the electric fence. (especially nice with the trap damage on elite) I'm pretty sure the dev that came up with the 3rd set of quests in Necropolis was also involved with planning that room.

[Phidius]

When would I first run into Air Elementals and about what level?

You don't run into Air Elementals unless you get a charge first in the level 14 Reaver's Fate raid.

Only then are you granted immunity so you can run into them all you want. Until then, you get auto-flung around the room like a sock in the dryer any time you get close.

I like the named Djinn in the Vale of Twilight - that's a fair version of the Air Elementals.