Path of Exile 1 Gameplay Help and Discussion - Searing Bond + Fire Penetration? - Forum

" TheMongrel wrote: Alright then. How about if instead of falling into a fire, I shine a high powered laser beam capable of burning on you. Do I hit you with that laser beam? Because that's pretty similar to how Searing Bond operates; a continuous beam of damage, but Searing Bond does not hit. A continuous laser would rapidly boil a person's skin and cause it to explode. Lasers are terrifying. Anyways. Searing Bond doesn't have to make contact to apply its effect. A laser that is five centimeters from my skin would ignite anything I was wearing all the same (mm, so that's why you chose this example huh). No contact is necessary -> not a hit.	Posted by Vipermagi#0984 on Jun 20, 2015, 5:07:50 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
" TheMongrel wrote: Oh really? It seems to me that all they need to do is add a few words to gem descriptions to clarify. Why exactly would the following changes not work: Molten Shell: Hits for x–y Fire Damage Base Duration is 10.00 seconds Shields break after x Total Damage is prevented x additional Armour Infernal Blow: x% increased Physical Damage 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage Deals 125% of Base Damage Base duration is 0.5 seconds Explosion hits for base Fire Damage equal to 25% of the corpse's maximum Life And the one I'm honestly surprised you don't seem to to agree is a problem: Fire Penetration: Penetrates x% Fire Resistance for supported skills on hit Simple enough, especially for Fire Penetration, which IMO is a much needed and very simple change. I see no good argument against including necessary information in the skill description. hmm i haven't used searing bond much even though i have played since beta. just don't like the gem much. but i did level some charachter with it once and i think i used searing bond + increased burning + fire pen. i check the wiki now and see that spell damage modifiers also do not affect searing bond despite having the spell tag. i am pretty sure i was picking up those spell damage passives too. it seems even us veterans lack knowledge. i don't know if your suggestion "Penetrates x% Fire Resistance for supported skills on hit" will help much. i would probably not understand that and put fire pen in my link anyway. the beam hits enemies so fire pen should work. right? no :) Last edited by kompaniet#2874 on Jun 20, 2015, 1:00:37 PM	Posted by kompaniet#2874 on Jun 20, 2015, 12:58:10 PM Quote this Post
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