Elemental Druid

[BellaStrega]

Oh. -_-

I'm surprised it only took 3-5 secs though. And also the accuracy isn't increased with slvl (or anything), so mentioning skillpoints doesn't really matter?

Also:



The common opinion of the skill is that you should be moving away from the target for any effectivity, so your presumption of even standing still (that I could of missunderstood) is incorrect.


Some kind of damage-over-time formula/test vs different pack sizes should be done for this skill, so people really realize how (/me refrains from using completely useless) ineffective it is.

Oh. -_-

I'm surprised it only took 3-5 secs though. And also the accuracy isn't increased with slvl (or anything), so mentioning skillpoints doesn't really matter?

It may have taken longer. I didn't time it with a clock and I guessed conservatively.

Also, apologies for not capitalizing 'normal.' It would've at least stood out, then.

I mention the skillpoints only because it strikes me as a bit wasteful to focus so strongly on one skill only to get such a lackluster result. To be fair, though, you also get some other skills at 20 that are easier to aim and kill faster as a result. I suppose this druid would work out fine in Normal-Nightmare, but would be stopped pretty dead in Hell. At least, I don't have the patience of a MongoJerry. :)

Also:

The common opinion of the skill is that you should be moving away from the target for any effectivity, so your presumption of even standing still (that I could of missunderstood) is incorrect.

Oh, I did a lot of running around, not that it did much good. I mean, every time a monster - fallen, quill rat, zombie - was hit, it died. It's just that the fireballs seem to fear touching anything. <_<

Some kind of damage-over-time formula/test vs different pack sizes should be done for this skill, so people really realize how (/me refrains from using completely useless) ineffective it is.

If the fireballs did splash damage, rather than direct hits (maybe they do, but I didn't notice any) it'd be quite the improvement, I think.

I did test that and a Hurricane druid on the Hell Blood Moor. Armageddon was predictably useless. The Hurricane druid worked nicely - the hurricane slowed not-cold-immune monsters down while the tornados killed even the cold immunes. It wasn't a fast killer, and I didn't test it in any later acts. I figured that if it took that long just to get to the Den of Evil, actually going in was probably a waste of time.

The end result is that I'm sticking with weredruids. I really don't care for the druid's elemental tree past nightmare, and the highest-level skills are practically pointless.