Is Burning Speed practically useless?

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Lion's Arch Merchant

Realm of Fiery Doom

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:11 PM • #1

Have a look at these three Elementalist skills and tell me that Burning Speed does not suck.

[skill=big]Windborne Speed[/skill]
[skill=big]Burning Speed[/skill]
[skill=big]Flame Djinn's Haste[/skill]

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

N/Me

Joined May 2006

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:17 PM • #2

A skill drastically inferior to other skills! This has never, even happened in Guild Wars!

This is blasphemy! This is madness!

savage vapor 33

Wilds Pathfinder

The Malevolent Wolfpack [tMw]

Joined Nov 2006

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:21 PM • #3

madness.....This Is Guild Wars!!!

Ietwat

Academy Page

[JAMM] Justified Ancients of Moo Moo

Mo/

Joined Mar 2006

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:21 PM • #4

Quote: Originally Posted by Zinger314

This is blasphemy! This is madness! 300 FTW!,

But back on topic, i used to solo UW with burning speed and flameburst, when spiritbond wasnt hurt by the nerf-stick. But now it is inferior to other skills, maybe it will get a buff in the next skill balance

sixdartbart

Forge Runner

Peace Machine GRRR [DiE]

W/N

Joined Jun 2005

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:22 PM • #5

When it was a straight 50% speed boost it was worth being on fire, not so much now.

Desbreko

Lion's Arch Merchant

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

Joined Oct 2005

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:27 PM • #6

It's not completely useless. Sometimes I use it in 13 HP monk builds to kill myself faster.

xBakox

Lion's Arch Merchant

[JF] Just Friends, [NOT] Nomads of Turmoil

Joined Oct 2005

Apr 4, 2007 at 7:54 PM • #7

Quote: This is blasphemy! This is madness!

Quote:

madness.....This Is Guild Wars!!! Lmao, thank you both for giving me a good laugh.

It's not entirely useless. Put it with a Wammo and they can Leeroy AND cause burning. The burning effect on them would be canceled by Mending though ofc.

Evilsod

Banned

Lievs Death Squad [LDS]

Joined Mar 2006

Apr 4, 2007 at 8:07 PM • #8

Hey it could be useful... run Fire/Water (ok i should stop there) with Frigid Armour and PBAoE spells

No... it just sucks. It could be made quite effective with Extend Enchantments... but then again probably not.

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

D/W

Joined Nov 2006

Apr 4, 2007 at 8:30 PM • #9

the onlly way i can think of using it is on a dervish.
run melandru + burning speed + conjure flame + mark + more attack skills and stuff.

not terrible

mikez himself

Academy Page

Guildless atm.

Joined Apr 2007

Apr 4, 2007 at 9:05 PM • #10

Quote: Originally Posted by Zinger314 This is blasphemy! This is madness! Quote:

Originally Posted by savage vapor 33

madness.....This Is Guild Wars!!! RIFK.

well its pretty bad, but its variable is speed and duration so you can get a near-dash speed for a fair amount of time, it also has no recharge.

however, its still bad.

Realm of Fiery Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Realm of Fiery Doom

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 4, 2007 at 9:43 PM • #11

Also, while we're here, compare these skills.

[skill=big]Inferno[/skill]
[skill=big]Flame Djinn's Haste[/skill]
[skill=big]Storm Djinn's Haste[/skill]

xDusT II

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Aug 2006

Apr 5, 2007 at 3:39 AM • #12

It needs to be made into a stance if it wants to compete as an IMS.

The need to constantly stop and cast it every 5 seconds ontop of frigid armor means in the long run your not running any faster.

Realm of Fiery Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Realm of Fiery Doom

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 5, 2007 at 9:10 AM • #13

And losing a lot of energy too.

BTW, do speed modifying enchantments stack? And is there a maximum speed bonus, or a minimum speed penalty?

Yanman.be

Banned

[ROSE]

Joined Dec 2005

Apr 5, 2007 at 9:36 AM • #14

Yes, Realm of Fiery Doom, check out the state of the game articles on www.guildwars.com. I think it's 33% for stacked skills. Dash&Burning Speed are single, so they go over that.

themeteor

Academy Page

Joined Apr 2007

Apr 5, 2007 at 9:45 AM • #15

Quote: Originally Posted by Realm of Fiery Doom

Also, while we're here, compare these skills.

[skill=big]Inferno[/skill]
[skill=big]Flame Djinn's Haste[/skill]
[skill=big]Storm Djinn's Haste[/skill] well inferno does the most damage. Out of the Djinn's (I did some testing on these when making a GvG flag runner) storm is the faster of the two (less recasts and a shorter cast time) but flame Djin's haste is more energy efficient and does damage but umm why do you what to compare them for PvE? mapping?

Realm of Fiery Doom

Lion's Arch Merchant

Realm of Fiery Doom

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 5, 2007 at 5:55 PM • #16

No, just saying that at 12 Fire Magic, Flame Djinn's Haste does 15 less damage and gives a speed boost of 33% for 17 seconds, and it seems to me (my opinion only) that it is vastly better than Inferno.

Div

I like yumy food!

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Joined Jan 2006

Apr 7, 2007 at 5:46 AM • #17

I think burning speed should get a buff so that it increases people's speed by 50% for 10 seconds ^ ^

Master Dude Guy

Ascalonian Squire

Seekers of Truth [True]

E/W

Joined Mar 2007

Apr 9, 2007 at 9:53 PM • #18

Anyways, I find Burning Speed useful sometimes. I run myself into a crowd of baddies and set 'em all on fire! I haven't gotten Flame Djinn's Haste yet, but as soon as I do, it's replacing Burning Speed.

Sure, Storm Djinn's Haste is better, bat what if you're a pyro? Huh? What if you're a pyro??

legacyofkain85

Krytan Explorer

Lady Ainowa

Joined Sep 2006

May 1, 2007 at 4:24 PM • #19

burning speed =useless hmm disagree
here u can implement it:
avatar of melandru+burning speed but that also means to be a dervish
frigid armor +burning speed cahrge in in battle and let mobs burn
bruning speed +plague sending
cant find anything more other than this

samcobra

Krytan Explorer

Mo/Me

Joined Jan 2006

May 1, 2007 at 6:16 PM • #20

burning speed is so guuuud!