Who the hell had the bright idea of making Meteor so dependent on points at the lowest parts of the talent tree for Fire Mage?
I want to use Meteor + Firefall w/ Hyperthermia AND Unleashed inferno but because of that inglorious specter called “BALANCE” stamped on every single in-house document at Blizzard, I am unable to do so. These don’t make meaningful choices, these make frustrating handicaps.
This is worse than placing Crimson Tempest on the “shiv” side of the Assassination Rogue talent tree despite the fact that it belongs with the bleed talents for maximum bleed juiciness.
Look, just put Meteor where Flame Accelerant is on the tree, and let Deep Impact stay where it is for the living bomb people. I don’t care about pure ST or Cleave, I just want to have my cake and eat it too. It is my destiny!
TLDR: Make Meteor cheaper. It’s a thematically important spell regardless of which side of the talent tree you target. Duh.