The new Burn for Fiery Armor
By
Dante,
Posted on: 2010-08-17 21:58 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Well fsc is still really good, burn can only hit 5 targets. So while burn does more damage over all to 5 targets, fsc does still does a lot of damage if there are 10 guys around you. That aside, I do really like the changes to burn.
My brute had just used electrifying fences from the mu PPP to keep them in burn so the fear wasn't really a problem. I must say I like the upfront damage though, it takes less time for the enemies to go down.
It's pretty beautiful. I've just come off of a run with my SS/Fire/Pyre Brute and I love it. The new combination of Fury+Fiery Embrace+Rage+Footstomp+Burn+Fire Ball does eat the old endurance bar a bit.
Still, beautiful stuff devs. 
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Of course, Fiery Embrace went through some changes too but is it better than the old Fiery Embrace? What do you guys think?
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To be honest, I can't tell the difference. It gets lost in a sea of +Dam from everything else I'm packing. I've used it as a Build Up on a few spawns and it seems to do some fine buffing. After that, I can't tell. |
Originally Posted by SPiNE
Of course, Fiery Embrace went through some changes too but is it better than the old Fiery Embrace? What do you guys think?
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The most awesome thing about the new Fiery Embrace is how it can buff your damage beyond the damage cap.
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Originally Posted by Dante
To be honest, I can't tell the difference. It gets lost in a sea of +Dam from everything else I'm packing. I've used it as a Build Up on a few spawns and it seems to do some fine buffing. After that, I can't tell.
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Yea, I read that the more damage buff you have, the more damage Fiery Embrace will buff that buff? Did that make sense? Haha.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
The most awesome thing about the new Fiery Embrace is how it can buff your damage beyond the damage cap.
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Yeah, Firey Embrace does not buff your damage, it actually makes each of your attacks do additional damage. That makes it buffable. |
Originally Posted by SPiNE
Yea, I read that the more damage buff you have, the more damage Fiery Embrace will buff that buff? Did that make sense? Haha.
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Unfortunately the only fire user I have is a Dominator. So I miss out on it. But it sure sounds cool.
It feels right to play Fiery Armor now. It finally stands out as an offensive armor set.
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It's definitely better. It's more unique, and equally buffs no matter what attack set it is paired with. The old version unfairly favored Fire damage only for 20 seconds, with everything else for 10 seconds. That's a bit improvement right there.
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Originally Posted by SPiNE
Of course, Fiery Embrace went through some changes too but is it better than the old Fiery Embrace? What do you guys think?
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My SS/Fire/Pyre Brute loves the new changes.
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Just...WOW. Just in case some people haven't tried it yet or read about it, it's just fantastic!
Pretty much, the fear component has been removed from this power; mobs will not attempt to run away anymore. Most of the damage will be up front, instead of DoT. It's like 120 damage up front and then 13 tics of 10 damage afterward...whereas my Fire Sword Circle is only 120 damage.
It's definitely much more powerful than Fire Sword Circle now and it still seem to be an auto-hit power :O