No shock of lightning memmed here in lvl 60 pvp... HMMMM...
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Here's getting hit with shock of lightning and casting through no prob (again.. 50+ range) but it also does give credit to chaotic feedback being viable (I agree with this)
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And someone getting smoked by an ice spear (you can also see that hitting a clicky refreshed ALL spell gems instantly, not just the top slotted one)
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Ice spear would get resisted or partialed by people in resist gear but if you got a good roll on it, it was a great quick finisher and a go to for trying to drop a healer on the ropes.
Seeing all the great caster kills reminds me that item loot was a good thing, people had to risk their resist gear. If they were a terribad and they were afraid to wear it ... then the good pvpers could assume substantial risk and have an upper hand. And sometimes the good pvpers got taken down by a band of clowns or had bad luck/bad resist or hit rolls.
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The end of the shock of lightning debate is if channeling is implemented correctly here and if the spell has the appropriate push back, it will be working as designed. As far as it being unresistable for people with 180+ MR yeah ok, sure post prof.