Official Thread: Burn Changes in Feb. 13th Update

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You know, normally I'd be all over a thread like this like a hot bag of chips.

But 2 weeks ago, I dropped Burn for the last time to make room for Tough.

Suffice to say: For tankers, especially the tankers able to REALLY leverage it, this makes burn much more viable. With my previous slotting, burn would have been up every 12 seconds, and every 9 seconds under Hasten. It would have become part and parcel of my AOE attack chain.

I might eventually toy with dropping Fire Blast for it, but right now my single target damage is already suffering.

I feel bad for Brutes, and yet, thank them for demonstrating that even with an in-built AOE immob, a 40 second timer on burn is unnecessary. Good luck with the change, hope it doesn't hash your play up too badly. ; . ;

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You're kidding, of course, right? You had a fire tank without Tough?

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Total Focus is a hold, right?

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You know, normally I'd be all over a thread like this like a hot bag of chips.

But 2 weeks ago, I dropped Burn for the last time to make room for Tough.

Suffice to say: For tankers, especially the tankers able to REALLY leverage it, this makes burn much more viable. With my previous slotting, burn would have been up every 12 seconds, and every 9 seconds under Hasten. It would have become part and parcel of my AOE attack chain.

I might eventually toy with dropping Fire Blast for it, but right now my single target damage is already suffering.

I feel bad for Brutes, and yet, thank them for demonstrating that even with an in-built AOE immob, a 40 second timer on burn is unnecessary. Good luck with the change, hope it doesn't hash your play up too badly. ; . ;

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You're kidding, of course, right? You had a fire tank without Tough?

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I ran, like a bazillion, respecs on my Fire/Ice Tank on the test server. Over time, I have concluded that this Tank, without Acrobatics and Tough, was very weak and just a bit better than a Scrapper. I only say a bit better in that the build has more resistance, but, that is mitigated by the fact that the Tank deals less damage (dps) than a Scrapper. In the end, it was like running a Scrapper into a large mob of Reds... the odds of survival were very very "dicey". You can do it, but "Wheeeee dogie" the debt!

I like the new Burn rate. It is fun to actually make my Tank work again like the past.

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I am Airman America... Super Hero... and I approve this message!

Didn't you hear? Burns damage was unintended, i liked the PM i got. "Well in a real fight no one would stay in a fire and get burned". How dumb are some of the reasons we get from devs and mods? Burn should be changed to a threat of creating a fire and not a real one

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A little late but what the heck...

Burn rocks. I love opening with Taunt/Whirling Axe/Burn and then letting my team have at 'em. Yes, the fear element is stupid, I agree. However, it makes it a bit challenging to play and while they are feared they still aren't directing their attentions to my teammates. It doesnt scatter them that much and I can get the aggro back if my team hasn't killed them by that time. It is a shame that some folks are so bitter they don't see the usefulness of Burn and just emotionally discard it and stalk off in a huff into a corner to pout.

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You have the use of AOE knockdowns and single target knockdowns. Fiery Melee has not this luxury and Burn is still near useless to them.

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