Feedback:User/Magic/Thunderstorm

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I've played the elementalist since the game came out and is one of my favorite professions. But I've never udnerstood why Air Magic doesn't have any DPS skills. Fire Magic has been known to be the leader of the 4 elements due to many skills having AoE, DPS, and/or burning (such as Searing/Teinai's Heat, Searing Flames, and Phoenix for example). Water Magic, though more for snaring purposes, has one DPS skill Maelstrom and though it's energy cost is high, it's balanced for it's nice effect. Earth Magic has 3 skills that come to mind: Churning Earth, Sandstorm, and Unsteady Ground. I know that you have recently reviewed the Air Magic skills as you've updated Chain Lightning and made the exhaustion conditional to whether or not a person is enchanted. But as of right now Air Magic doesn't have any forms of DPS in it's skill tier. Before Prophecies came out in 2005 a skill was listed in the game but was removed before release called Lightning Storm. I think that this would be a good skill to add to the game but it needs some tweaks first since its current state is quite overpowered.


Original:

Spell. You invoke a Lightning Storm at target foe's location. Each second for next 10 seconds, one foe in the area is interrupted and stuck for 14...61...73 lightning damage.

Spell. You invoke a Lightning Storm at target foe's location. Each second for next 10 seconds, one foe in the area is interrupted and stuck for 14...61...73 lightning damage.

Concise description
Spell. (10 seconds.) Hits one foe in the area of target's location each second. Deals 14...61...73 lightning damage. Interrupts actions.


Progression
0
14
1
19
2
24
3
29
4
34
5
39
6
44
7
49
8
53
9
58
10
63
11
68
12
73
13
78
14
83
15
88
16
93
17
98
18
103
19
108
20
113
21
118


New:

Spell. You invoke a Thunderstorm at target foe's location. Each second for next 5 seconds, one nearby foe is stuck for 10...50...60 lightning damage. This skill has 25% armor penetration.

Spell. You invoke a Thunderstorm at target foe's location. Each second for next 5 seconds, one nearby foe is stuck for 10...50...60 lightning damage. This skill has 25% armor penetration.

Concise description
Spell. (5 seconds.) Hits one foe nearby target's location each second. Deals 10...50...60 lightning damage. This skill has 25% armor penetration.


Progression
0
10
1
13
2
17
3
20
4
23
5
27
6
30
7
33
8
37
9
40
10
43
11
47
12
50
13
53
14
57
15
60
16
63
17
67
18
70
19
73
20
77
21
80

Notes:[edit]

  • The skill is more of a mix of AoE and DPS.
  • The skill would only strike one foe at a time.
  • The skills "targeting system" would work much like the spirit Preservation.
  • "This skill has 25% armor penetration." added by Aura