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Arralen · #1 May 29th, 2006, 10:24 AM

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ioticus said:
If Breath of Winter doesn't do damage anymore, what possible uses for it?

Same as before - (mostly) none.

Nerfix · #2 May 29th, 2006, 10:54 AM

I'm saddened how there is no love for restricted spells or explorable magic sites.

ioticus · #3 May 29th, 2006, 10:55 AM

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Arralen said:

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ioticus said:
If Breath of Winter doesn't do damage anymore, what possible uses for it?

Same as before - (mostly) none.

I thought it only did damage in an area around the caster. What other effects did it have?

Graeme Dice · #4 May 29th, 2006, 11:37 AM

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Arralen said:
Same as before - (mostly) none.

It's currently the single best damage spell a SC can use, so I wouldn't exactly call it useless.

Nerfix · #5 May 29th, 2006, 11:44 AM

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Graeme Dice said:

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Arralen said:
Same as before - (mostly) none.

It's currently the single best damage spell a SC can use, so I wouldn't exactly call it useless.

Biggest source of friendly fire, too.

Saber Cherry · #6 May 29th, 2006, 04:51 PM

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Arralen said:

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ioticus said:
If Breath of Winter doesn't do damage anymore, what possible uses for it?

Same as before - (mostly) none.

Considering in the last game I played, Nycafor killed about 250 units with BoW and 100 with his hands, I'd also have to join the "It was far from useless" crowd. With this change, Arch Devils (Fire Shield) might eclipse Ice Devils as the preeminant blood SCs.

Oversway · #7 May 30th, 2006, 12:18 PM

Maybe the message means it adds to chill effect and not heat effect...

Arralen · #8 May 30th, 2006, 02:31 PM

The usefulness of Breath of Winter is "(mostly) none" because real, big, tough SCs are the only thing it's useful on.

In all other cases, it's only a great way to kill fellow mages or bodyguards. And sadly the spellcasting AI is too fond of the spell ...

Btw, haven't been SCs nerfed in Dom3?

Nerfix · #9 May 30th, 2006, 03:51 PM

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Arralen said:
The usefulness of Breath of Winter is "(mostly) none" because real, big, tough SCs are the only thing it's useful on.

In all other cases, it's only a great way to kill fellow mages or bodyguards. And sadly the spellcasting AI is too fond of the spell ...

Btw, haven't been SCs nerfed in Dom3?

Liferain has been, or so I've read.

Graeme Dice · #10 May 30th, 2006, 04:45 PM

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Arralen said:
The usefulness of Breath of Winter is "(mostly) none" because real, big, tough SCs are the only thing it's useful on.

Well, since SCs are what do most of your killing for most of the game, I still don't see why that's a bad thing. Compare the difference between a Niefel Jarl with and without breath of winter cast to see the difference between chill and BoW.

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In all other cases, it's only a great way to kill fellow mages or bodyguards. And sadly the spellcasting AI is too fond of the spell ...

If you are worried about mages casting it when they shouldn't, then a better change would be to make mages not cast it automatically rather than to make the spell useless.