Are there any plans to improve Elemental Blast via the ELR? If not, are the GMs open to discussion for improvements on the spell?

I ask because I believe it would benefit wizards to have a middling CS spell between 502 and 519. True, 415 exist, but that is quite a bit more mana, and running into the territory of Immolate as a high-end Direct-Damage CS spell. Improvements to this spell could cement its place as a staple in the warding wizard's mid-level arsinal.

Some ideas for improvement:

1. Allow this spell to be Channeled for added strength, in addition to allowing open-hands and higher stance for more damage. Adding a charge mechanic (like 312) would also work.

2. At X ranks of E-lore you unlock an added cycle of elemental damage. Short and sweet, but a lot like E-strike.

3. As the spell is Elemental BLAST Allow the ability to unlock maneuver-based or splash-based secondary damage at the time of cast. Damage type and % chance is dependent on E:lore.

Number 3 is my favorite, as it would be fairly unique amongst CS spells.

The trick is you need to make the percent chance (unless you go for a straight unlock) high enough so that it is reliable at lower to mid levels. Not so high that you're already at the point where 409 is being outclassed by 415 and 519 in terms of mana availability to desired result ratio. If you can reliably get 2 casts of 415 for the same amount of lore it takes to get secondary effects to 409, then you're no longer in the realm of properly scaling mana efficiency.

I would bet that there will be (as you said there should be a balance between efficacy vs. mana cost, and 415 just had an efficacy improvement).

We'll know for sure soon, its just two weeks!

> It'll be longer if they keep skipping days.

The ELR will never end! VIVE LA ELR!

~ Konacon

Perhaps a TD pushdown of some sort would be of better use?

Creatures vulnerable to a given element will receive a TD penalty based on Seed 1 E-lore ranks in that element. Give it a floor of -10 TD for hitting the first bonus in seed 1, and build from there with a total cap of -25.