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You actually use the Imp? Before i switched to a Pali i couldn't even tell you the last time i used an imp for anythign other than HP buff and a +DMG addition to my own dmg. The imp is NOT meant for DPS so suck it up and deal with it jesus.

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Regarding the supposed 'nerf' to Improved Firebolt..


It was always my understanding that putting a 2nd point in that talent was worthless because the imp just got caught up on his GCD. The changed talent requires you to put both talents in to get full effect, as was obviously intended from the start.

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You're incorrect. Having the 2nd point not work was a bug from the very beginning. In a recent patch, they fixed it to it's intended functionality. AFTER that is when they altered it without telling us.

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I see what you're saying. Give me some time to touch base with the designers and I'll see what kind of info I can get. I've got an idea of what is going on here, but I'd prefer to get feedback from the devs before I go speculating as to the nature of this. ;)

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Ah, I was looking for this thread...

The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the imp, but they are obviously lower than before.

In regard to the improved firebolt, this was a design change that was backlogged for a while because of the nature of the casting time.

This talent has not been working correctly for a long time for a basic reason. The game simply doesn't recognize the ability to reduce this casting time below 1.5 seconds. It's a tech limitation that imposes a barrier at 1.5 second cast time. The talent was originally coded to reduce casting to less than 1.5 seconds and the game basically gets confused, which is why the first point worked, but the second point didn't apply the appropriate reduction. At this time, we can't change the mechanics to support a reduction to a 1 second cast time, so the talented reduction was changed from .5 seconds per point, to .25 seconds per point. So, at the least, the second talent point has an effect, rather than doing almost nothing at all. Yes, it is something of a workaround fix, but we're limited in our options to make the talent work as originally designed.

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Q u o t e:
Ah, I was looking for this thread...

The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the imp, but they are obviously lower than before.

In regard to the improved firebolt, this was a design change that was backlogged for a while because of the nature of the casting time.

This talent has not been working correctly for a long time for a basic reason. The game simply doesn't recognize the ability to reduce this casting time below 1.5 seconds. It's a tech limitation that imposes a barrier at 1.5 second cast time. The talent was originally coded to reduce casting to less than 1.5 seconds and the game basically gets confused, which is why the first point worked, but the second point didn't apply the appropriate reduction. At this time, we can't change the mechanics to support a reduction to a 1 second cast time, so the talented reduction was changed from .5 seconds per point, to .25 seconds per point. So, at the least, the second talent point has an effect, rather than doing almost nothing at all. Yes, it is something of a workaround fix, but we're limited in our options to make the talent work as originally designed.

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Q u o t e:
Ah, I was looking for this thread...

The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the imp, but they are obviously lower than before.

In regard to the improved firebolt, this was a design change that was backlogged for a while because of the nature of the casting time.

This talent has not been working correctly for a long time for a basic reason. The game simply doesn't recognize the ability to reduce this casting time below 1.5 seconds. It's a tech limitation that imposes a barrier at 1.5 second cast time. The talent was originally coded to reduce casting to less than 1.5 seconds and the game basically gets confused, which is why the first point worked, but the second point didn't apply the appropriate reduction. At this time, we can't change the mechanics to support a reduction to a 1 second cast time, so the talented reduction was changed from .5 seconds per point, to .25 seconds per point. So, at the least, the second talent point has an effect, rather than doing almost nothing at all. Yes, it is something of a workaround fix, but we're limited in our options to make the talent work as originally designed.

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Q u o t e:
Ah, I was looking for this thread...

The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the imp, but they are obviously lower than before.

In regard to the improved firebolt, this was a design change that was backlogged for a while because of the nature of the casting time.

This talent has not been working correctly for a long time for a basic reason. The game simply doesn't recognize the ability to reduce this casting time below 1.5 seconds. It's a tech limitation that imposes a barrier at 1.5 second cast time. The talent was originally coded to reduce casting to less than 1.5 seconds and the game basically gets confused, which is why the first point worked, but the second point didn't apply the appropriate reduction. At this time, we can't change the mechanics to support a reduction to a 1 second cast time, so the talented reduction was changed from .5 seconds per point, to .25 seconds per point. So, at the least, the second talent point has an effect, rather than doing almost nothing at all. Yes, it is something of a workaround fix, but we're limited in our options to make the talent work as originally designed.

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It was a little more than just unimpressive....with 700+ dmg (800 with a trinket) and no points in the Improved Fireball my imp could hit for 350-400 consistently, and crit for over 600. Now imagine those kinds of numbers with a faster cast time.....ouch.

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Q u o t e:
Ah, I was looking for this thread...

The spell damage coefficients have been reapplied to the imp, but they are obviously lower than before.

In regard to the improved firebolt, this was a design change that was backlogged for a while because of the nature of the casting time.

This talent has not been working correctly for a long time for a basic reason. The game simply doesn't recognize the ability to reduce this casting time below 1.5 seconds. It's a tech limitation that imposes a barrier at 1.5 second cast time. The talent was originally coded to reduce casting to less than 1.5 seconds and the game basically gets confused, which is why the first point worked, but the second point didn't apply the appropriate reduction. At this time, we can't change the mechanics to support a reduction to a 1 second cast time, so the talented reduction was changed from .5 seconds per point, to .25 seconds per point. So, at the least, the second talent point has an effect, rather than doing almost nothing at all. Yes, it is something of a workaround fix, but we're limited in our options to make the talent work as originally designed.

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