offensively, elemental does not suffer from button bloat, we need more offensive buttons.
Elemental Blast used to be a builder that also increased our dmg instead of a spender.
I want it returned to the former.
If you’re talking about elemental shaman, do you mean Elemental blast shouldn’t replace earth shock?
If you’re talking about enhance, then I’m not sure what the point of having lava burst on your bars would be.
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Yes, I meant elemental, sorry i should have clarified.
EB is meant to replace ES. They’re both spenders and you can’t use both without completely depleting your maelstrom.
How would propose they make it a separate button?
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Like how it was in legion.
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It used to be just another separate button from ES, 12 second cooldown that’d jump to the top of your priority.
I didn’t like it, it just cluttered the casts.
I don’t like how it replaces ES either. I would have liked to have seen it be the optional spender. It would’ve been nice if it was the option you could use to cast if you could stand in place, were sure you weren’t going to be interrupted, or had the time. EB presented a lot of trade-offs.
The world’s since evolved, and with NS being a minute cooldown, Magma Chamber rewarding careful casting, SW Aegis is interrupt prevention, and Swelling Maelstrom allows for resource pooling, EB is integrated into the spec and supported by the talents.
With those significant changes, I don’t feel like EB is in a weird place for those who must replace it.
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I know its your opinion, but cluttered the rotation? It wasnt recommended to use it on cooldown unless it was ready with stormcaller for optimal usage.
It lead to a fun combo to try and get as many casts in until the buff rolled off.
But eb replacing the spender just makes it so painfully simple and I want some nuance back.
And sorry if I get some names wrong, I often do.
The way Elemental currently works, there’s only room for one single-target Maelstrom spender. If they added Elemental Blast as a separate ability, they would need to make it a Maelstrom builder or make it separate from the builder/spender gameplay (like Primordial Wave).
I feel like it will never work as a choice node at the top of the tree. EB or ES are always going to be chosen based on content and tuning.
I wonder if it would be better if EB was moved back to the mid tier or capstone area and was instant cast instead of having a cast time, and still replaced ES. In that case you expect it to have higher damage but you’re giving up valuable talent points to get it.
I think there is some confusion, eb didnt used to be a spender, it was an attack that also increased our dmg and became a part of my opener rotation.
Thats what I want it returned too.
I want more offensive buttons.
I remember back when it was a spell that dealt damage and gave a secondary stat buff. I am not opposed to it as a damage spell with a cooldown that gives a secondary stat buff. I just don’t know how that would work with the current Maelstrom system.
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We change it, it never made sense to me it was turned into a spender, ele didnt suffer offensive button bloat.
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