Fire and Ice

On several missions, (with good pugs) the players asked the Rangers to load skills of opposite nature. For example Winter and Greater Conflagaration.
This is supposed to cause more damage, but I dont understand why?
My only guess is that the monsters healer can only deal with one condition at a time.
You would think these would cancell eachother.


Can some one explain?

Greater Conflagration changes physical-type attacks to Fire-type attacks. Winter changes elemental-type attacks, including Fire-type, to Cold-type. So with both of them up, you change physical attacks and all elemental spells to Cold attacks. In Hell's Precipice and other places with Fire-type enemies, it will increase the damage you do since they're weak to Cold-type attacks.

So is this more effective than 2 Rangers with winter?

It is indeed.

I would've thought only 1 Winter would come in effect..?

It can't change it anymore? Physical to Ice, Elemental to Ice, it can't change it anymore with 2 set up?

Read the bold:

Winter doesn't change physical attacks to Ice, just elemental attacks. That's why you throw in a Greater Conflag, to first change physical to Fire.

Ok now I think I understand. Its a convertion. Greater Conflagaration allows Winter to take advantage of the physical attack by converting it into elemental.
So all attacks are now elemental based , wich equals more damage because you are taking advantage of all the ppl in the group. Right?

Correct

Thank you guys!