Changing Focus: Fire Ele to ???

for PvE, I usually go Fire for all the nice AoE's. I have done well with Earth using Eruption, Earthquake, Stoning, Wards, and Smiting from monk Secondary.

I typically would cast Judge's Insight on a warrior, then cast nukes on groups. If their tanks get to the monks I drop Ward against Melee, If they have Casters, drop Ward against Elements.

To the OP: In PvE, you shouldn't hesitate to try different lines. You gain 1 refund point for every 250exp, so it's not that hard to switch from line to line given ample playing time. Since you're a E/Mo, you have the option of really going Air, Water, Earth, Fire and as Iraqalypse Now mentioned, Smite. Also, don't get "rid" of your gear or runes! Just store and save it for later so you can always switch back.

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Your armor doesn't give bonuses to elements, just protection. So unless you are swapping every rune, there is no point in new armor (except for better ones like Droknar/15k/Fissure).

go water

you'll get a nice spammable skill once you get around to the snow again.

and it has nifty area attacks that also slow targets down~

I have an E/Mo also. Fire is the best Ele class for PvE because of Firestorm and the other spells. It is on the other hand one of the worst (being in competition with water) in PvP. THe reason being people are going to move out of the way of your AoEs unlss thay are stupid. I would suggest going with air if you are really going to switch over. If you are jsut going PvE then I'd say stick with fire. I would suggest goign to air until Perdition rock where you can cap Elemental Attunment (spells cost 50% less energy). Then switch to Earth. Earth is the best class it is also the hardest class to deal with (if you are using it correctly) because the massive mana it requires. It combines water and air into a massively powerful class. With Elemental Attunment and Earth Attunment (I'm guessing there is one I play air personally) thats 80% reduced spell cost, and YES they do stack. That is my $.02

Personally, I find having a hydromancer around in PvE to be quite useful, ward vs. harm is really nice, maelstrom owns caster mobs, blurred vision isn't bad vs. melee mobs, and it's just an overall nice PvE class.

These are all very valuable suggestions and excellent information.

Thanks a lot guys. I'm working on getting the Elemental Attunement skill, I think it's a few zones away before I can capture it.

Earth was looking tempting, as you mentioned Black Forsaken, it's got some powerful spells and decent buffing properties as well.

So far, Air has been pretty sweet to play, I'm doing decent damage and getting the hang of the recharge times. The AoE spells are nice and fast, perhaps not as powerful as Fire AoE, but again, even the PvE monsters will move out of your spell range on those drawn out AoE spells, making them useless.

Thanks for all the comments guys. You've been very helpful.