These synergies may seem impressive (to an extent) at first, but when you really think about it… loads of magics with way more potent properties also have bleed synergies, and having a synergy with sweating is situational at best and downright useless in most applications.
Acid is basically a worse magma in every category, and while it may be faster… 1x speed is NOT cutting it, as that speed tier actually makes it compete with other options such as fire and glass. We haven’t even addressed the imbuement shaped elephant in the room, as acid not only boasts mediocre stats but the WORST imbuement in the ENTIRE GAME, and for basically no upside. One could’ve argued such a terrible imbue was good to tolerate for corroding, but with the introduction to greases, such an excuse is no longer acceptable. Acid needs a buff YESTERDAY, and when you look at the numbers, it’s difficult to say otherwise.
i think its fine but it could use a tiny buff but nothing major.
its one of the best magics to pair with heat based DoTs because it doesnt clear burning, melting, nor scorched and it has decent damage against them as well, heat based DoTs also dont clear corroding and also get a similar decent damage. additionally it can be used underwater while heat based magics cant, and it has the best arcmancer for pve
maybe decreasing the ticks on its DoT down to 8 ticks and a damage buff to 0.9x, thats all i could really see be reasonably buffed unless acids want their size back that was already nerfed (not happening)
Even if this was in the right channel this suggestion is really vague and not very useful in the slightest besides “buff this”. Personally I would’ve preferred Acid to not exist in the first place, since it’s already having trouble competing against Fire and Glass- which are better rounded- Magma- which is better specialized in size and damage- Plasma- which is better specialized in speed- and Poison- which despite I consider one of the worst magics in the whole game, still has its niche use.
Unrelated but they should make a separate topic for balancing suggestions here.
what areas is it specifically lacking in? where does it need a buff? and what specifically do you want changed about it?
if you want to make a balance change you need all of those things too. if your complaint is that the dot isn’t strong enough, suggest a buff to the dot. if your complaint is that the speed is too low, suggest a speed increase. if you think it needs a damage increase, then increase the damage…
Why does it matter how specific I need to be it’s not like my change will be accepted
The reason I made the post vague was because it was a call to action that acid should be reviewed by the balance team and they should decide how acid gets fixed, a smartypants like you should’ve picked that up
