Scatter!

Ok, so I decided I would join a PuG *gasp* (ya it wasn't a good idea) for FoW. So the typical tank (OF) aggroes and ping for us to attack. I use Rodgorts Invocation and suddenly these people start going crazy.. "omfg who is using burning, it scatters the foes". So my question is... does burning cause the foes to scatter? I mean, I know firestorm and other AoE nukes cause scatter and it has been well over 2 years now that I have been playing and its the first time I hear someone say that burning will scatter the foes.

Thanks, Molock

No. At least not in other areas of the game. When I used fire, I used Mark of Rodgort all the time. It didn't cause scatter. It's only when AoE is brought into it they will.

I've played Ele a LOT for over 18 months now and i've never, ever heard that burning causes scatter. To my knowledge the only thing that causes scatter is repeated, AoE hits from spells/skills like firestorm and the like.

I'd say you joined a bad PUG.

From my experience it has been Fire Storm that causes the scatter.

omfg don't use Poison they will scatter noob!
Seriously I never saw mobs running away from conditions.
PUGs become even more stupid as the game gets older ...

Burning does not cause scatter, only AoEs. They probably just see the burning and assume you are are using something else like SF. Its a pug anyway, so you shouldn't expect much in terms people paying attention to those details.

Ele from a week after release. No. tell those people (if they're still on your list) that they're dumbasses, and burning does not cause foes to "scatter".

KANE

Lol, you can tell it was a bad PuG because they were using a tank in FoW

No, burning does not cause scatter.

What you winessed is merely more evidence than humanity is breeding itself in extinction.

I've been the same. Except I dabbled in necromancy for a bit. Always come home to the elementalist though. I was elementalist in the beta, too. Back before they ran from firestorm. In the many months and years I have played, never, EVER has burning made them run. So yeah. You get the general drift now.

One more reason I dislike joining PuGs. You join a forming group and have to argue with some people about your build because they are poor studies of the game. I sometimes keep a local AoE spell on the end of my bar for those times when a not-so-adept tank runs back through our casters instead of holding aggro and brings the mob with him.

erm, whats a PUG?

You don't want to know.

Keep away.

Most people have been playing the game for quite a while now. They tend to get elitist because they've spent 500+ hours in PvE. Doesn't mean they understand the game, though, it is and always will be PvE, not much to learn/understand in there.

QFT

Burning is a condition. Not an AoE...

Pick Up Group. Essentially, a group formed from random people who are looking to do the same quest/mission. My overall experience with PUGs has been positive - but, yes, I've been in some really bad ones. And they do seem to be worse now then they were.

Logical process. Stupid players never catch on with the entire heroes thing because they keep failing with them, and try pugging because that would augment their chances of success. Good people tend to dissappear into Guild Pugs and Heroes/Henchies, leaving the bad muddafockazzz behind.

Here's your problem, imo.

Anyway, no, burning in of itself does not cause AoE scatter. Rodgort's Invocation shouldn't either, since its just one packet of damage + burning. Spells like Firestorm, Savannah Heat, Searing Heat, etc do, because they're AoE damage-over-time. However if your team wasn't built around a retarded archaic tank strategy, scatter wouldn't really have been a concern anyway. I still have faith that someday, people in Guild Wars are going to wake up and realize that these areas are not so hard with up-to-date builds and stop using OF tanks.

I did FoW recently where the party leader was a warrior that was determined to use the tanking method. I nearly chewed my hand off from the aggravation.

Thank you for saying that. Thank you very much.

I'd like to add: Tanks is ftl.