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[Rocl]

Er.. did they rework monster resistances? I know Gnats and Doblyn take a heavy penalty with respect to Thunder, and I'm fairly certain there are more. (Though it could just be a case of them taking extra damage from something else, I guess)

Edit: Birds! Err.. vultures? I think aren't very Thunder friendly. Neither are Burbles.

[Odin'sLaw]

With the way elemental spells are handled I'm sure they deliberately take into account whether or not something should resist lightning every time they add a boss or something like that, it essentially determines whether BLM will be useful or worthless.

They already reworked mob elemental resistances/weaknesses when they redid the ability system so it's safe to say they're aware that adding a lightning resistant boss to something would basically exclude BLMs entirely, I can't think of any mobs that actually resist thunder for that matter. Every dungeon boss is vulnerable, every primal.....doblyns? idk

if we get titan that's about it for now but that's if they still want to add him before 2.0

edit: to add onto Rocl's dodo's take more stone damage then thunder

[Grey Jorildyn]

Amalj'aa get rocked by stone too. See what I did thar??

[Odin'sLaw]

wouldn't ifrit also be weaker to stone then thunder?

did they ever say why water was a no no? seems odd to remove that element

[Alkar]

Wolves outright resist thunder. Titan and Ramuh will be glaring examples of the issue. It's absolutely stupid to have BLM focused on one element that will make it completely useless in certain boss fights or events. It's not an issue in 1.0 but it will be in 2.0 and I surely hope they're planning to do something.
An easy fix would be 3 stances (one per element) with each buffing one and nerfing the other two.

[Cichy]

great, now this thread is evolving into theoretical bitching

[Raldo]

It was well off of its original purpose by the end of the first page, so I don't think it matters at this point.

[Niiro]

wouldn't ifrit also be weaker to stone then thunder?

did they ever say why water was a no no? seems odd to remove that element

Fire has no strength/weakness relationship with earth or thunder.

They're in separate circles.

[Lucavi]

great, now this thread is evolving into theoretical bitching

You've been pretty snappy as of late, Cichy. Might I suggest a drink or something?