1.10 Elemental druid ^^

[Kevin]

Maxed Cyclone Armor influence =
20 seconds in Normal
10 seconds in Nightmare
5 seconds in Hell

5 seconds. :huh: Well it won't help a bear much, but it does cover some of the Mana expense concerns of an Elementalist. :D

From the screenshots (kandrathe already broke it down), cyclone armor is L7 + 13 in the screen. Since +skill items don't add to the synergies it is the base 10 seconds that hurricane has plus the 7 from cyclone armor. I am assuming the shot was taken in Hell.

Unless I misunderstood you and you are proposing a difficulty cap and an increase of the base duration from 10 to 12 seconds. But the screen shot does not suggest that. That means you should be able to get a 30 second hurricane, which would actually allow you to use it a bit while shifted, though that is 21 skill points to do it, and then you have a L1 hurricane (+adders) and that wouldn't help a lot. But it does seem to be something that could be used if you get 30 seconds. Still too much shifting in and out for me though.


That does bring up another point. I still don't like the use of skill timers. The claim that they were for lessening graphics could have been addressed much more effectively by changing the graphics (ala FoxBat's little mod). They are used as a skill balancing option and they have some value there, but I still think they hurt strategy. Of course one place where I do think they could work is for shifted druids. If you are shifted, you get hit with a timer and say double (or more) the mana cost. But it would allow you to use them in the few situations you might want them. Ah well, that isn't going to change except in a mod maybe. :)