"Meteor" replacement?

Nabru Yar

Nabru Yar

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

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Was wondering if someone would suggest a replacement for Meteor.

A longtime staple of my fire ele builds, I'd start an attack with Meteor due to it's (formerly) quick casting time and effectiveness/cost. But, these days it just seems worthless (i.e. interrupt food). Arrgh.

Did I miss an 'update' (ahem: nerf) where the cast time was lengthened from two sec to THREE? Ouch.

Melt

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Meteor has always been 3 second cast time. Throw in the 30 second recharge and it becomes a pretty darn mediocre spell that's usually not worth it. it's hard to give you a replacement without seeing your skillbar, but [skill]fireball[/skill] and [skill]rodgort's invocation[/skill] are the baseline fire AoE spells that pretty much every non-SF bar should have. You can spend almost all your time spamming those two spells.

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

N/

[skill]gale[/skill]
if you want a knockdown, here's all you need
if you want damage, i don't know why you picked meteor, so everything else will do

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

dont forget [skill]liquid flame[/skill]

IceQ

IceQ

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Pretoria, South Africa

Seraphim Guardians

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Hey, I used Meteor... once... long time ago ...

I am using Liquid Flame Now.

zling

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

meteor never was a good skill, was 3 second cast 30 recharge as long as I can remember... never was on my fire ele's bar...
however now fire eles are limited to either SFway, SHway or Mindblastway which is more than some other professions

glountz

glountz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

W/Mo

WTB meteor improvement:
Meteor 10 energy 2 sec cast 15 recharge
Target foe and all adjacent foes are struck for 7...91 fire damage and knocked down. This spell causes Exhaustion.

themeteor

themeteor

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2007

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wait, why do you want to replace me?

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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I seem to remember a time when meteor was a 5 second recharge.

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by themeteor
wait, why do you want to replace me? Rofl perfect timing dude

Personally I'd say Fireball or Liquid Flame as replacement.

- Ganni

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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Quote:
Originally Posted by themeteor
wait, why do you want to replace me? Your kinda outdated?

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by zling
meteor never was a good skill, was 3 second cast 30 recharge as long as I can remember... never was on my fire ele's bar...
however now fire eles are limited to either SFway, SHway or Mindblastway which is more than some other professions why use SF,SH or mind blast when you have dual attune rodgorts spammers?^^(for destroyers/titans,winter is the way to go!)

Desert Rose

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2007

Winter chance the damage after damage-calculation.
So, you will deal the same amount of damage.

Winter is pretty much useless unless you use Mantra of Frost or want to prevent Mark of Rodgort or Glimmering Mark to trigger.

Bouldershoulder

Bouldershoulder

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

It might just be me, but the casting time for meteor seems to have shortened.

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

Meteor has been 3c, 30r throughout the entire history of the game.

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

OP is an example of someone who blindly blames Anet for all the "nerfs" to their favorite skills. Meteor has never been any less than 3 second cast from what I remember. The game used to be slower paced in PvE, so 3 seconds may seem a bit faster back then :P

Maria Moon

Maria Moon

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

South Africa

Farmers Union [CASH]

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I would use either fireball or liquid flame

Coloneh

Coloneh

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

D/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Desert Rose
Winter chance the damage after damage-calculation.
So, you will deal the same amount of damage.

Winter is pretty much useless unless you use Mantra of Frost or want to prevent Mark of Rodgort or Glimmering Mark to trigger. hmmmmm........ no

Perfected Shadow

Perfected Shadow

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Zul'Aman

Umes Uranger U[bot]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Desert Rose
Winter chance the damage after damage-calculation.
So, you will deal the same amount of damage.

Winter is pretty much useless unless you use Mantra of Frost or want to prevent Mark of Rodgort or Glimmering Mark to trigger. Something seems to have changed with Winter. I remember a while back when I did the final prophecies mission, Winter with fire magic caused more damage, so the damage conversion worked correctly. I did the mission again recently and fire with winter sucked. Bug?

Oh btw Meteor needs a buff.

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2007

Sardelec yelling at Tenshi

Angels Of Strife

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No it was because everything there was weak against cold dmg