bloodi wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:47 pm
Jsut two things, Wildfire scales with int and can crit, go run a prase with enemy and check how much damage % of your overall damage it is on the long run, its a lot.
And second, backdraft purpose is not to "disengage" is just another thing you can pop out when enemy is around you and has KB inmunity, spcially after a magnet pull, is a lot of damage that you are giving up for a m4 that wil be used probalby, even less.
I can understand you wanting to run a morale drain with Burning Head but that is the only reason to run it, the morale drain and damage of it, overall dps over time, backdraft and wildfire, will nets you a lot more over time than the m4 ever will.
Just a showing on the dummy of how much it can be overall:
When its hitting harder than annihilate, its a good reason to run it.
Just taking bits from what i said in my previous post:
" My personal reason to not like wildfire is because i honestly don't like a 25% chance of getting something. Sure, our abilities hit multiple times, sure the ticks can crit, but meh, 25% is just too low."
About the damage:
"My impression with running wildfire is that i'm either hoping for it to proc so the fight ends or they already died and there was no need for it."
Yes, i am well aware of the damage it does as you can see from what i said even before you pointed it out.
Now, as a comparison tho:
Annihilate
FBB
The damage, even with the difference in points, is very similar on annihilate, but FoR hits for way more and everything i lose on your Annihilate base damage, is done by FP.
As for FBB, it's way higher than annihilate, it has the same duration, and it's a ranged following attack that hits aoe and can be used melee or, as i said, ranged.
Once again, i don't doubt for even one second that Wildfire is a very good tactic, but once again, as for sustained damage not up to a proc(1/4) or even just burst, while also having the option to fight at different ranges, it ends up not being that worth.
I wouldn't bet all my chips on a single horse, especially when the gain becomes after a 1/4 chance.
As for backdraft, yeah, i used to do the combo myself sometimes with FC+Backdraft, so i understand your point completely there.
Edit: Forgot to say something, those screens are taken from a single cast of the abilities.