which elemental lord?

Torinn

I wonder if insta kill after X brand charges would be good

Aegoth

Torinn said:

I wonder if insta kill after X brand charges would be good

You mean Air Lord?

Farrah

Then it wouldn't be a damage class, which is the whole point.

[Deleted User]

Burst class was the term used, not damage. Of which Shikudo has plenty of; enough to kill people with.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Farrah

I'm responding to the posts above mine. Unsure what Shikudo has to do with that...

Keorin

I feel like fire lord is always going to struggle so long as it keeps being solely damage based, short of being purely percent damage and having a way to negate regen, just because of how combat mechanics work. Other classes that deal heavily in health damage, like 2h or DW, work far better because they can pressure balances and work in other strategies.

If it were up to me, I'd move brand's cure to salve balance, and give them something akin to magi's burn stacking as an alternate path, so that they aren't solely fixated on health damage pressure and have some way to punish an opponent's curing choices.

That said, going fire lord was great for roleplay, so I don't imagine I'll ever give it up.

Torinn

Exactly.  Damaged based stuff has too many counters.

Elisella

Maybe rework the brand system to be more like 2H fractures, i.e, apply health rather than sip.

If you cure the brand, you're not sipping health.

If you sip health, the brand wipes out your fire resistance and the bonus effects from being branded stack up.

Aegoth

That's... actually not a bad idea... @Makarios?

Selto

What level is the best for starting towards elemental lord? And what do you do If you want to switch factions. I had previously chosen fire but I'm leaming towards air now.

Rangor

Selto said:

What level is the best for starting towards elemental lord? And what do you do If you want to switch factions. I had previously chosen fire but I'm leaming towards air now.

At least 80 for maximum health. And you need good citymates to help you get through the tough mobs.