I think it depends on your play style. I have a tank (WP/Fire), that I took it on. I have to jump out of a group and fire it off and then jump back in for my other 2 AoEs, but I don't mind for two reasons:
1) He's a solo farmer
2) He's a monkey... jumping around like an idiot just seems to fit! 
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I use it all the time on my 50 Fire/Fire. It's a good opener attack, especially if you run to the edge of a spawn and fire it at a cluster of guys in the middle. It's good at ST damage, especially when you intend to use it as a ST attack and end up lighting some other mobs on fire. Accuracy is wonderful, damage is too. I wouldn't skip it. It's SORT of like Shadow Maul, but the greater range makes it awesome. It's just like the cone in Head Splitter/Cleave; you have to wrangle with it just a bit before you get your usage of it down enough to always hit 2+ people. Thankfully, BoF is easier to aim than the aforementioned powers.
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Originally Posted by joebartender
Any one else think this power could maybe use a passover?
The short range of 15 feet with the tiny cone at 30 degrees just makes the power lackluster. I always thought it was odd that the power has such a low base recharge at 10 seconds. Is BoF intended to be a Shadow Maul typer power, an AOE that you normally hit only 1 or 2 mobs with but can be used on a ST without making your head hurt for wasted end? I could be happy trading 5 seconds of recharge base for say 5 feet of range base and 15 degrees of cone increase. Any thoughts? |
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What's your secondary? I didn't take it on my Fire/SD Scrapper, FSC, Fireball, and Shield Charge are enough AoE's for me.
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I tried it a few times, but always respec out of it because the damage is so far behind due to the overly long animation. The area and recharge don't bother me, but in the time it takes to finish I can toss out firesword circle and almost finish dark obliteration both.
As a result, I have no use for it and now that I can get the APPs, I probably never will have a use for it in the future on any character.
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I find Breath of Fire decent for leveling; it's an extra AoE for when the others are recharging. But once I get into the 40s I pick up the less finicky AoEs and don't use breath very often or respec it out.
On the plus side, I tried dropping some range enhancements in it and was very surprised at the difference it makes. Sure I only added an extra 6 feet or so which doesn't sound like much, but really it is a lot when all the enemies are packed into melee range.
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I had it on my fire/fire scrapper before blaze mastery came out. Its good for leveling as well as skipable in tight builds. Just don't compare it to fire breath or it will make you sad.
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Any one else think this power could maybe use a passover?
The short range of 15 feet with the tiny cone at 30 degrees just makes the power lackluster.
I always thought it was odd that the power has such a low base recharge at 10 seconds. Is BoF intended to be a Shadow Maul typer power, an AOE that you normally hit only 1 or 2 mobs with but can be used on a ST without making your head hurt for wasted end?
I could be happy trading 5 seconds of recharge base for say 5 feet of range base and 15 degrees of cone increase.
Any thoughts?
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