There really isn’t a reason for fire and ice staves to have a channeled attack. An opinion of not liking the current animation isn’t a solid reason for such a change.
I also wonder where the idea that fire staves are less desirable. How many top raid builds use lightning instead of fire staves?
There really isn’t a reason for fire and ice staves to have a channeled attack. An opinion of not liking the current animation isn’t a solid reason for such a change.
I also wonder where the idea that fire staves are less desirable. How many top raid builds use lightning instead of fire staves?
Most Mag whatevers use fire staves for the bonus damage done passive, not the Heavy Attacks. Rotations always light attack weave and if those end game players need to HA for resource recovery they use a Resto staff since the channel is faster.
Making an Ice Staff HA into a channel specifically would at the very least make it a lot less clunky to use with Ice Damage builds, if there wasn't any dps difference with the change.
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I assume what you're looking for is a channel which does damage over time (multiple ticks over the channel duration) ....
BXR_Lonestar wrote: »Inferno and Ice Staves already have their pros/cons, there's no need to change them to be more like the lightning staff. Inferno Staff gives you all the damage in a single hit for better burst damage, while Ice Staves are a defensive option that proc useful status conditions for support roles. Why make everything just a different elemental version of the same thing (lightning staff)?
BXR_Lonestar wrote: »Inferno and Ice Staves already have their pros/cons, there's no need to change them to be more like the lightning staff. Inferno Staff gives you all the damage in a single hit for better burst damage, while Ice Staves are a defensive option that proc useful status conditions for support roles. Why make everything just a different elemental version of the same thing (lightning staff)?
Because as much as ZOS and others want to sell Ice as a Magicka Tank element, Frost Mage DPS is still very much a thing in the community.