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| ID | Project | Category | Date Submitted | Last Update | |
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| 0007374 | Valley 1 | Suggestion - Balancing Issues | Apr 30, 2012 1:49 pm | May 30, 2012 11:27 pm | |
| Reporter | Partisus | Assigned To | |||
| Status | considering | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 1.006 | ||||
| Summary | 0007374: Light Orb too efficient | ||||
| Description | The light orb spell has a massive projectile, high speed, long range, solid dps, and huge mana efficiency. Maybe make it cost more, or harder to hit with? | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Internal Weight | Feature Suggestion | ||||
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Ever since Earth Rage was nerfed, energy orb has been my spell of choice. I have two suggestions: - The spell is way too mana efficient. 50% increase in mana cost - Too few enemies resist it. If I'm not wrong, no single standard enemy resists it, only some bosses. |
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Quaix: Actually, some bats resist light attacks. |
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Enerygy Orb was already recently nerfed. As it is, it already lost its piercing and does a fair bit less damage than fireball for about the same cost (IIRC). |
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Lintman: they retained energy pulse, the piercing spell, but ADDED energy orb, which is the same thing but without piercing, and double damage. Ever since, I've never used energy pulse. |
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I definitely find myself using Energy Orb more than any of the other single-target long range spells. I currently value damage per mana way more than I do dps. Lieutenants and overlords are long sustained fights and Forest Rage doesn't really float my boat for it. It feels much more like trash destroyer. Which isn't really a necessary role in my play style as I skip most trash anyways. If I was to choose my favorite secondary it would easily be Fireball which feels close to the efficiency of Energy Orb but lacks slide and projectile size. Fun fact: With no enchantments on, Forest Rage 3 has a DPM of .6 which is lower than both Fireball 1(.7) and Energy Orb 1(.9) on my current character. Side note: Does anybody ever use Plasma Bolt? If I want to go for a light damage spell I'm going for Energy Orb. |
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"Side note: Does anybody ever use Plasma Bolt? If I want to go for a light damage spell I'm going for Energy Orb." In one of my current worlds Plasma Bolt does 25% higher DPS than Energy Orb and is sufficiently cheap it can be fired infinitely. |
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@khadgar - I think Energy Pulse was split into Energy Slice and Energy Orb. Silce kept the piercing but got a half damage nerf. Orb kept the damage, but lost the piercing while also not having any pushback. Either way, it was a nerf. |
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I don't see light orb as best spell in the game. Although I also use, because it doesn't knockback enemies and because the fire rate suits my needs. (smaller fire rate would hurt me) @Tarraziel: I use it against bosses. |
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Out of curiosity I just got both Plasma Bolt and Energy Orb maxed out on my new continent. Plasma Bolt does have higher dps by default, but once you cap cooldown at .1 for the Bolt, Orb can quickly close the gap and come out on top again with both slide and larger projectile. |
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In addition, plasma bolt doesn't slide along surfaces like most other spells do. That's basically what puts me off of it, or I would use it. |
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Light Orb's power is offset by two things: * It is difficult to upgrade, requiring Coral. * It does not have a corresponding Shield spell, so your +60% White Spell Power enchant will not simultaneously improve your shield. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| Apr 30, 2012 1:49 pm | Partisus | New Issue | |
| Apr 30, 2012 2:02 pm | Quaix | Note Added: 0023076 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 2:27 pm | Leafy Greens | Note Added: 0023080 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 2:27 pm | Leafy Greens | Note Edited: 0023080 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 3:15 pm | LintMan | Note Added: 0023087 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 3:54 pm | khadgar | Note Added: 0023092 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 4:01 pm | Omosh | Note Added: 0023093 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 4:06 pm | Omosh | Note Edited: 0023093 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 4:20 pm | Terraziel | Note Added: 0023095 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 4:24 pm | LintMan | Note Added: 0023096 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 4:44 pm | Purlox | Note Added: 0023097 | |
| Apr 30, 2012 5:20 pm | Omosh | Note Added: 0023100 | |
| May 1, 2012 8:38 am | tigersfan | Internal Weight | => Feature Suggestion |
| May 1, 2012 8:38 am | tigersfan | Status | new => considering |
| May 1, 2012 2:51 pm | Toll | Note Added: 0023171 | |
| May 30, 2012 11:27 pm | jruderman | Note Added: 0025254 |
