I would like to be able to opt out of using fire spells because it feels like a waste of casts for Stormbringers. I suggest altering talents and paths that force the use of fire.
-Add a path connecting Elemental Unity without requiring Master of The Elements
-Fusion of Elements changed to the next time you cast 2 Nature “or” Fire spells.
-Have a choice node for 2 Ascendances, one Fire, the other Lightning. Have the lighting one increase overload or anything that doesn’t break the game. I’m sure tuning would be needed but it really would be appreciated.
-Remove Stormkeeper cast time and GCD so people can just macro it into they’re spells. Nerf it’s damage buff to compensate. This would remove button bloat with is a major annoyance.
I’m probably missing a few examples of havin to use fire but that’s okay, you get the idea. Let me know what you think and if you feel the same way.
Cheers!
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I agree that I wish we could replace lavaburst with something else for more storm ice
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Icefury will fill that roll for me.
Honestly I can’t even find keybindings for all the spells. If I could get rid of Flame Shock and Lava Burst from my actionbar, I’d be pretty happy.
I doubt they make it an “or” choice because of the Flux Melting node right below it. They seem to want you to Icefury > Lavaburst… and they seem to be moving away from single elemental playstyles into more of a full spectrum elementalist.
The problem is that Flameshock and Lavaburst don’t fit well into the Stormbringer playstyle. I really do like the Ice/Storm combo. It feels like they realized this with the change allowing Icefury to proc from lightning, they’re almost there, just a few small tweaks.
Master of the Elements and Power of the Maelstrom being necessary pathing talents seems to indicate that Blizzard wants ele shamans to element weave. I’m not sure if splitting ele shaman into discrete pure lightning and pure fire builds is the answer.
I will agree however that lava burst is feeling a little weak at the moment.
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At the moment yes, but that might just be a relic of it’s earlier design. Also, thanks for pointing out the talents I forgot to mention.
The problem with forcing use to weave is there’s massive button bloat and unless you spec into fire, there’s no reason to use Lava Burst in AoE situations and even in single target it feels like a waste even for the extra chance of overload from Power of The Maelstrom.
- Power of The Maelstrom should trigger from using one of your Maelstrom spenders. It even make more sense honestly.