Bad Elementalist
Question for Anet Regarding Shouts
Bad Elementalist
“Aftershock!” and “Rebound!” should definitely be instant-cast. Especially considering that the latter is supposed to save your butt. The former would combine so well with our Overload combo fields if it were instant-cast…sigh.
“Aftershock!” and “Rebound!” should definitely be instant-cast. Especially considering that the latter is supposed to save your butt. The former would combine so well with our Overload combo fields if it were instant-cast…sigh.
It’s also inconsistent across the Ele-Shouts since “Feel the Burn!” actually is instant.
I’d also like to see “Aftershock!” to be instant, but not for the combos, since 3/4 overloads would not even benefit from blasting mid cast and 2 of those don’t even leave a field behind, but for the instant aura. Since Magnetic Aura is by far the most valuable aura in the game for PvE it can be almost like a second Rebound, saving you from potentially lethal damage and the opportunity to abuse some boss mechanics.
On “Rebound!” tho’….. let’s put it that way: I’ve stopped counting how many times I have died mid-cast of this skill.
It’s one thing to have a cast time on the damage converters of War & Rev since they can instantly full-heal when under fire.
But if I manage to even get Rebound to go off properly, when it procs I have ~2000 HP at most and I don’t get some I-Frames like from a Mistlock singularity. I am still dead in most cases. It’s stupid to have a .75s cast time on that thing on top of that.
Oh would this be sweet. all souts instant and a -20% CD reduction in tempestius aria…..
It would actually make non bunker/healbot tempest a bit more playable …
The cast time is used as part of the balance of the skill for pvp, but it’s definitely weird from a flavor perspective that some shouts are instant cast and others are not. Rebound I can see not being instant cast since it’s potentially a very powerful effect (though usually not lol). Flash Freeze definitely seems way too good for instant cast. Aftershock I have no explanation for, the cooldown is so long for the effect that I don’t really see why it has a cast time.
It would also be nice to see the skills just have no cast time in pve since flash freeze and aftershock are weak skills there anyway. Rebound is a bit better but compared to other classes, ele would still have the worst elites in pve even with an instant cast rebound.
I would be happy if just Aftershock lost its cast time that way it can be cast during an overload to trap enemies in the overload for a couple seconds. Its a small change that would buff them in wvw and not so much in pvp. I also think it would be better at a 40s cd.
Bad Elementalist