ArenaNet:Skill feedback/Elementalist/Chain Lightning

TimeToGetIntense's Issue -- 00:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Discussion
 * Issue
 * Horribly underpowered. Would be good for Air Eles if it was viable.


 * Suggestion
 * Lower casting time to 2 seconds, lower recharge time to 8 seconds. Increase damage to 10...82...100.

Exhaustion and cast time are the largest problems

 * Issue
 * Exhaustion makes it useless without Glyph of Energy, 3 second cast time is prohibitive.


 * Suggestion
 * Lower casting time to 2 seconds, remove exhaustion, lower recharge time to 5 seconds. Increase energy to 15 so people can't spam it mindlessly without dual attune.

RitualDoll's Issue -- 11:42, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Discussion
 * Issue
 * Weak in it's current form, but difficult to buff do to it's spike-like nature.


 * Suggestion

"Spell. Target foe takes lightning damage. If that foe was moving, two foes near your target also take . This spell has 25% armor penetration."
 * Reasoning
 * This way, if this skill is used to spike, it will only hit one target at a time unless that foe was moving. This would require callers to be more attentive when calling their spikes. If the skill does become a problem without exhaustion, re-adding exhaustion or simply increasing the energy cost to 15 would make it less appealing.

Something's missing here...
I was looking through the Elementalist skills, and noticed Air Magic doesn't have a 25-energy, super awesome skill (Meteor Shower, Maelstrom, Earthquake/Dragon's Stomp etc). I mean, it has Lightning Hammer but that's just non-projectile Lightning Orb... I think the energy on this skill should be upped to 25, but the exhaustion dropped completely. That way, this skill would be up to par with a skill like Rodgort's Invocation. Ideally, the skill would read as follows (for PvE):

Chain Lightning: Spell. Target foe and up to two other foes near your target are struck for 10...70...85 lightning damage and are blinded for 1...3...3 seconds. This spell has 25% armor penetration. 25 2 8. --SetandSpike 06:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)