Talk:Guide to playing as an elementalist

Adding organization to these guides
After comparing all of the great ideas in the sections in these Profession guides, I've tried to bring together a single format for all of them to use. The information has not been changed, but in some cases it has been reorganized so that readers will know what to expect across all guides.

Because of this, many guides will have incomplete sections. I believe this is worth it to have the great sections cover all of the guides and have more complete organization.

I’m adding this explanation to all of the guides’ Talk pages so everyone can see it regardless of which guide they see first.--Declan 20:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Questions
I'm wondering if having elementilist as a primary proffesion for it's energy storage then being a healer with monk as a second proffesion is a good build.Tall Ash 21:53, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No. -- Mini Me  [[Image:User Mini Me sig.png|19px|talk]] 21:58, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm wondering if having elementilist as a primary proffesion for its primary attribute (energy storage) and having monk as a secondary and being a healer is a good Idea.Tall Ash 22:19, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * In PvE or PvP? Either way, it's generally a bad idea, as a lower Healing Prayers rank and no Divine Favor will greatly diminish healing efficiency. Elementalist / monks using elementalist energy management skills to spam Heal Party and elementalist skills for flag running used to be popular in GvG, but they fell out of use after Light of Deliverance was introduced in Nightfall. -- Gordon Ecker 23:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I suppose you *could* play that way, but in my opinion, it would be more effective to use Protection Prayers instead. Having no Divine Favor will really hurt the amount you heal, but when using skills like Protective Spirit and Restore Condition, healing is of secondary importance. 145.94.74.23 12:59, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

update some time ago
made it impossible for any non-assassin primary to keep up shadow form indefinately. please change it 80.126.47.201 14:41, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * lern2consumables. -- Gah [[Image:User Gah My Name Cant Fi Echomending.jpg|19px]] Eat my uber regen.  16:13, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't that be lern2consume? :S --AlexEternal 14:06, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Due to policy, I can't revert the terrible edit
Would someone else like to do it? Karate  Jesus  03:24, 15 January 2010  (UTC)
 * We have to discuss it and reach a consensus first. [[Image:User_Felix_Omni_Signature.png]]elix Omni 03:26, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Are you fucking serious? Karate [[File:User Karate Jesus KJ for sig.png]] Jesus  03:26, 15 January 2010  (UTC)
 * All in favor of removing it, blink twice. Thrain[[File:User_Thrain_Sig.png]] contribs 03:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Guys this is starting to look like groupthink. We should get a disinterested third party in here to critically assess the note first. Clearly as pro PvP players we are all too biased with our elitist mindsets to understand the attitutes of the sort of casual user who might find use in this guide. Vili &#x70B9; [[Image:User Vili sig.jpg|User talk:Vili]] 03:31, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Obviously. And considering that GoLE + Healing skills (minus the diving favor bonus, of course) is soooo very OP, we should be willing to allow the note :/ Karate [[File:User Karate Jesus KJ for sig.png]] Jesus  03:34, 15 January 2010  (UTC)

Party roles

 * Tank - Until Shadow Form is confirmed to be not be able to tank after the supposed nerf, the article should not reflect the ele's niche role as a obsidian flesh tank.
 * Backline - Ether Renewal infusers are more than viable in PvE. Pika Fan 01:35, 20 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Meh. I feel like we're leaving the article open to say "healing is viable on an elementalist even if you just stack estorage and healing prayers and add a bunch of random skills", when really there's only a few viable setups for an ele healer. Is there an elegant way to express that? -- Armond Warblade[[Image:User Armond sig image.png]] 02:48, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

The origin of the word "nuker"
The article shouldn't claim that the term "nuker" comes from fire magic, because it's simply not true. The verb "to nuke" is a reference to the massive destructive power of a nuclear bomb. Since a nuclear bomb is not an incendiary device, the word has nothing whatsoever to do with fire. Any fire involved in a nuclear explosion is simply a byproduct of the tremendous release of energy upon splitting atoms.216.229.78.186 01:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)