Originally posted by bcbully

Originally posted by Khaeros

Four types of finisher skills:  Blast, Leap, Projectile, Whirl

Nine fields: Dark, Ethereal, Fire, Ice, Light, Lightning, Poison, Smoke, Water

 

Field	Blast	Leap	Projectile	Whirl
Dark	AoE Blind	Blind	Lifesteal	AoE Lifesteal
Ethereal	AoE Chaos Armor	Chaos Armor	Confuse	AoE Confuse
Fire	AoE Might	Fire Armor	Burn	AoE Burn
Ice	AoE Frost Armor	Frost Armor	Chill	AoE Chill
Light	AoE Retal	Retal	RC	AoE RC
Lightning	AoE Swift	Daze	Vuln	AoE Vuln
Poison	AoE Weak	Weak	Poison	AoE Poison
Smoke	AoE Stealth	Stealth	Blind	AoE Blind
Water	AoE Heal	Heal	Regen	AoE Heal

 

Enemies who try to fire projectiles through a smoke field an ally placed will miss.

My problem with this is that classes seem limited to 2-3 finishers. So what you looking at for example necros lay down dark combo fields. They have 2 finisher I think. A blast and a projectile,  both tie to the two handed staff.  

 

So actuallity out of this list and table, there are two effects triggered by two spells. This is very limited and restrictive, also adds very little to game play. Why don't all weapons finishers? 

 I think its due to class balance... the staff finisher is also a "line" attack... meaning the hand goes through a fire field it sets everyone on fire in that line....necromancers have lots of conditions (many area) so maybe thats why they don't.

Also you have a dark field and an ethereal feidl as a necro :)

TLDR - some classes have fields and finishers in their utilities skills.

Originally posted by Angier2758

Originally posted by bcbully

My problem with this is that classes seem limited to 2-3 finishers. So what you looking at for example necros lay down dark combo fields. They have 2 finisher I think. A blast and a projectile,  both tie to the two handed staff.  

 

So actuallity out of this list and table, there are two effects triggered by two spells. This is very limited and restrictive, also adds very little to game play. Why don't all weapons finishers? 

 I think its due to class balance... the staff finisher is also a "line" attack... meaning the hand goes through a fire field it sets everyone on fire in that line....necromancers have lots of conditions (many area) so maybe thats why they don't.

Also you have a dark field and an ethereal feidl as a necro :)

TLDR - some classes have fields and finishers in their utilities skills.

 

Yes, the Elie certainly has finishers (very nice ones for dps) in their utilities skills. There are a few too linked to school of magic and weapon sets.

There are also several choices for fields. I go with two daggers at the moment and fire magic, which gives me two fields, and then I put one a finisher in one of my utilities slots. It works out very well so far.

The upside is that I have several fields and finishers available solo, the downside is that it is limited to doing burn damage, even though it is a lot of burn damage. It is great for zerging DEs but I guess I will have to swap out to something more "useful" for dungeons (still low level and learning the game).

I did still feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I saw a bunch of Guardians near my field sparking combos lastnight

Originally posted by KingJiggly

Originally posted by Mithrandolir

yep, I didn't start paying real attention to this stuff until I hit 45ish, at 51 I am addicted to the combos now. i love using them and taking part in them. It's changed my entire combat outlook for the better.

 

Flame turret skill and the magnetic pulse allows you to turn invisible for a decent amount of time. 

thanks for this tip didnt know it, must try

The classes that get the most combos and can even initiate and finish them by themselves are the same classes that whine and QQ about warriors being OP.

Funny when you consider warriors only have a couple of finisher and no initiatior combo moves.

For warriors at least, combos are a useless gimmick that does nothing for them.