11/19/09, 10:55 AM
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Post: [Elemental] Patch 3.3: Now with more Fire Nova
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Original Post:
Originally Posted by masanbol
And no, you shouldn't glyph for Fire Nova.
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Not on a single target, no. Even if you're using it when moving (and Frost Shock is on cooldown), the benefit isn't big enough to go for it, as Lava or ToW will easily make up for the difference when you stop moving. However, on an AoE-heavy fight, the glyph becomes considerably more powerful. What I'm trying to figure out is the exact breaking point (gear vs. number of mobs) where this glyph might overpower the upper trinity.
Originally, I've even been thinking of a specialized AoE build (complete with Thunder, Chain Lightning and Fire Nova glyphs), but the drawbacks (loss of mana when respeccing, time used respeccing) outweight the benefits. However, carrying a stack of Fire Nova and the glyph it's replacing is a much smaller cost, especially for a scribe.
On fights like the Festergut trash puppy (read: massive mob zerg), Fire Nova definitely holds its ground. In fact, I found myself pretty much popping up Flame Shock on targets and spamming Fire Nova + Chain Lightning, which would make Glyph of Lava fairly redundant in those cases. The downsides are pretty bad mana consumption and the fact that there are likely to be very, very few fights in game with such consistant zergs. However, if the treshold is low enough, it might warrant the use of Glyph of Fire Nova even on fights like heroic ANoob.
Again, let me remind you that the above is just a theory with a few rough calculations. More to come in the days ahead.
On another unrelated note: new Elemental Mastery is cool 
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