Fix is in on Elemental Strike, 415
Posted9 January 2017
Last Updated On20 September 2018
ByNewsby
GM Estild finishes the bug fix on Elemental Strike (415); it no longer hits the same target as the base spell.
http://bit.ly/2i6jjtD
Category: Magic Spells/Systems
Topic: Minor Elemental Circle
Date: 01/09/2017 09:30 AM CST
From: GS4-ESTILD
Subj: Elemental Strike (415)
As previously announced, Elemental Strike’s (415) lore crit will no longer hit the same target as the base spell. It was a bug that we allowed to persist as we worked on a number of wizard enhancements, which have since been completed.
GameMaster Estild
Date: 01/09/2017 09:47 AM CST
From: DRUMPEL
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>As previously announced, Elemental Strike’s (415) lore crit will no longer hit the same target as the base spell. It was a bug that we allowed to persist as we worked on a number of wizard enhancements, which have since been completed .
Thank you for the update. We knew it was coming, but thanks for letting us know before someone came in to complain it was no longer striking a single target twice.
However, this wizard is still patiently waiting on Enchant update (quickly flees to avoid any unwelcomed lightning bolts).
-Drumpel
Date: 01/09/2017 03:47 PM CST
From: GILCHRISTR
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
When you say we knew this was coming, speak for yourself! Glad I only did 10 ranks of fire lore instead of 35 on the fixskill, which I did like two days ago.
Date: 01/09/2017 04:53 PM CST
From: DRUMPEL
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>When you say we knew this was coming, speak for yourself! Glad I only did 10 ranks of fire lore instead of 35 on the fixskill, which I did like two days ago.
It was mentioned some time ago (most likely only in one of the Wizard’s folder), 8-12 months back that it was a known bug and would be resolved once other wizard updates were in place.
-Drumpel
Date: 01/10/2017 12:52 PM CST
From: TRIPLEGAME226
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
RIP 415, you were good for like a year.
~ Methais
Date: 01/15/2017 07:44 AM CST
From: DAID
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>RIP 415, you were good for like a year.
Well, it hasn’t joined 409 in the grave of “terribad spells that are only good when krolvin warfarers cast it at unsuspecting warriors.”
Date: 01/15/2017 11:29 AM CST
From: PEREGRINEFALCON
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
I had to look 409 up to see what it actually was.
— Robert
A powerful whirlpool is suddenly overtaken by a windy vortex!
Date: 01/15/2017 11:54 AM CST
From: DRUMPEL
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>I had to look 409 up to see what it actually was.
Don’t feel bad. I have to do that with a few spells every now and then.
As for 409, the only time I make use of it is imbedding it in rods for my pure bard to make use of. Then again, now that 502 is CS based, it tends to be just as useful for him, plus I can imbed more charges in each rod.
So, it’s a spell that most people don’t make use of anymore.
-Drumpel
Date: 01/15/2017 01:14 PM CST
From: ROBLAR
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
A shame then because it can be very deadly on a very low endroll with it’s impact crit table, especially when it hits head/neck.
I died a few times to fetish masters in the Scatter to under 110 rolls before raising my TD and getting impact resistance.
Hell, I’ve killed myself since using it to test TD finds.
Date: 01/15/2017 10:30 PM CST
From: GILCHRISTR
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
Roblar don’t start rumors about the lethality of 409!
This is a quote from 415, from the officials:
“the severity of the flare is based on the degree of the warding failure, and is more powerful than Elemental Blast.”
Date: 01/16/2017 12:44 AM CST
From: ROBLAR
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
Ha, I know it was under 110, and more than once! Because it pissed me off.
It could have been 415 but I went off this and assumed 409, unless the caster was attuned to earth, but I think that is recent and not sure if creatures have that opttion.
https://gswiki.play.net/Impact_critical_table
Date: 01/16/2017 12:04 PM CST
From: TRIPLEGAME226
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>As for 409, the only time I make use of it is imbedding it in rods for my pure bard to make use of. Then again, now that 502 is CS based, it tends to be just as useful for him, plus I can imbed more charges in each rod.
Why not just have your bard cast 409?
>A shame then because it can be very deadly on a very low endroll with it’s impact crit table, especially when it hits head/neck.
It used to pretty much kill or limb almost anything with a 145+ endroll if I remember correctly, at least in GS3.
Then Simu gave us crit randomization and ruined everything. 🙁
~ Methais
Date: 01/16/2017 12:08 PM CST
From: DRUMPEL
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
>Why not just have your bard cast 409?
Hasn’t learned it yet, plus it can be mana intensive when you only have 120 mana to use.
-Drumpel
Date: 01/16/2017 08:37 PM CST
From: GILCHRISTR
Subj: Re: Elemental Strike (415)
“Hasn’t learned it yet, plus it can be mana intensive when you only have 120 mana to use.”
Maybe 409 would be better if they just LOWERED THE MANA COST. Why do you gotta make it be 9 mana just because its a 9th level spell? Seems like it is comparable to 502, 702, smite/bane, etc., so it could be say a 5 mana spell. Boom, sucky spell fixed…
