Skills: rename Way of Fire

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Goliath
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Skills: rename Way of Fire

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Rename Way of Fire to Way of Arcane, of Magic, or something similar. Doesn't make much sense to have a skill named "... of Fire" when fire is a damage type yet the skill deals something different.
Would also suggest swapping Way of Air & Way of Lightning, as they're usually associated with movement and accuracy and not the other way around.
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Re: Skills: rename Way of Fire

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Its the Way of Fire because fire is associated with destruction.
Even if you want to remove it, you'd need a new Way of Fire to complete the element trio.

I'd say I'm neutral towards the name swap, but changing what each skill does is gonna confuse people, so I can't agree there either.
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Re: Skills: rename Way of Fire

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I think in the specific context of ES skills Way of Lightning and Air make sense as they are. ES zip through the ground and lightning speed, and they attack wicked fast (hence hitting their attacks / not allowing opponents to dodge as often), slicing through the air. Well the latter is reaching a bit but I tried to explain how it makes sense to me.

Not opposed to Way of Fire name change except Salmon gave a good reason for it in preserving the 4 (or 5?) elements theme for ES. I do think that the coolness factor of Way of Fire outfactors the elemental mismatch, Way of Arcane does not sound nearly as cool for when you just want to punch (or shoot :p) someone for colossal damage.
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Re: Skills: rename Way of Fire

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the names are like ultra-legacy NW stuff, good luck getting them changed
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Re: Skills: rename Way of Fire

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It's not literal fire - the skills are thematically named. If we did this we'd have to rename them all, and it's an iconic and well-loved skill too.
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