Is Falling Fires bugged?

[Ironhawk]

My experience with falling fires is that it is a bit random tinkthank. Sometimes it will only hit 1-3 guys in the AoE. But then other times it will wipe out whole squads. I use the spell often tho, cause fire magic is so easy to boost in combat via phoenix fire, unlike water and air (which I know can be boosted easily on thier own, but both require eq of some kind.)

[tinkthank]

Hm, ok -- did some more testing, and I dislike the results. I think Falling Fires is really a fairly poor spell compared even to its weaker friends (like Holy Pyre).

If possible, I would like to see these types of spells altered for dom3....

[Ironhawk]

Wow! What did your testing show you?

I have found Falling Fires superior to Holy Pyre in almost every game I have used fire magic.

[tinkthank]

Every unit which got hit by Holy Pyre took damage; almost none took no damage. I was routing standard Indy troops easily with it. With FF, most of the troops I hit got off unscathed, even though more seemed to get hit.
Additionally, I found I was more flexible with Holy Pyre, since you need one less path of fire to cast it. Being availble earlier helped too.
How are you finding FF superior?

[Kristoffer O]

Area?