/Fire just got waaaaay better.

Surprised nobody has been talking about this. With the change to Burn, /Fire just became more damaging then Fire/.

Rad/Fire was already really powerful, now I can't even imagine the kind of AoE it will be packing.

Could be because some people may not know what you're talking about. If this is in regards to an upcoming I18 change that's in beta, perhaps you could fill us in now that the NDA has been lifted. Otherwise, you could just wait until it goes live and wait for people to start talking about it.

Burn changes.

Yup. Combustion out, Burn in on my Rad/Fire. Mass pant wetting and applauding populace ensues. And now with the ability to take Scorpion Shield rather than the ugly Ice Armor, ho ho ho indeed!

Not to mention Consume was also tweaked so it no longer cries in the shadow of Power Sink or a wet fish quite as much as it did.

Where is hephaestus? WHERE I ask?

They finally buffed /Fire!

Whats the max # targets new burn will hit now?

Does it still break you free of immobilizes?

One thing I don't get - now that Burn and Oil Slick have no fear, why must Ignite have it?

Huh. When I read that change, I didn't even think about my Elec/Fire. I think I'd forgot Blasters even have Burn.

I am not sold on the Burn changes. They seem alright and should make the power more useful to people who had no way to stop the running. It seems possible that a lot of the damage was shifted into an area where only a very limited number of targets will take any appreciable damage.

I frequently would see targets die off (or run at low health and then die from Hot Feet) and Burn just happily started killing someone else. Since so much of the damage was moved up front, that effect is not going to be nearly as strong. That said, I may come to appreciate the 5 targets taking a big wallop so quickly more than I appreciated the continuing damage effect.

Where does it say BLASTER BURN got changed lol.

I can't wait for the updated I18 Mids myself. Sooo many new options. My main is a Fire/Fire and he's gonna love those two changes...plus the new PPPs look delicious.

What are the numbers of the new Burn? How about in comparison to Fire Sword Circle? I don't have time to log onto the server today to check.

As for the target number, I think, esp. for the Blaster version, we might be able to request a higher target cap for it still. I think, in some ways, it may be simple oversight after these changes. Anyone confident enough to ask Castle?

Burn has had a 5 target cap for all ATs for a long, long time. Unfortunate throwback to the crippling nerfs Burn had.

I think it should be bumped up to 10, maybe after people play with it some on Live servers it'll get another look. Before the damage was mostly front-loaded the target cap wasn't as big a deal because each tick could hit different enemies so you were effectively damaging more than 5 with Burn. Don't get me wrong, I love Burn being front-loaded, just saying is all.

Havn't tried out the Burn changes with a blaster yet, but with my Ss/Fire brute, the Burn changes are amazing. It doesn't need it's max targets raised. It is *incredibly* powerful as is. The remaining DoTs still do decent damage, and the first 5 targets are pretty much killed instantly.

The scrapper version does not hit the caster, but it does look like the initial tick is also auto-hit.

The blaster version appears to be doing more damage than it "should" on the initial tick, although the DoT is the same on all 4 ATs, since they all still summon the same pet.

With perma-rage and modest Fury, a SS brute using Burn will pretty much consistently get better mileage out of Burn than almost any blaster could hope for. I am not saying its a bad power for blasters, just that its better for brutes and scrappers (and that is assuming the bug where it damages the user gets fixed, otherwise its way, way better for the armored ATs).