Will ancient lightning be a lost magic?

Game Discussion
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So when I first heard that ancient lightning was going to be a magic I thought for sure it would be an ancient magic because of its name. Therefore it’d be off limits to hybrids. However while I haven’t gotten a chance to read the note cause I somehow missed it when I was there, a secret on blackreach seems to have revealed a red lightning conjurer(or rather just someone who could imbue red lightning lore wise).

Now the wording does leave it a little unclear, at least to me, if this pirate had actually imbued the red lightning, or if he had just used it alongside his weapon. That said the fact that he could even use a sword makes it more likely that it was an imbue.

So that leads me to the question, is red lightning a lost magic and will be usable for hybrids? Or is this a case of lore =/= gameplay? What do y’all think?

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yes red lightning conj for me plz

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just because they use a sword doesn’t mean they’re a conjurer in lore, since there aren’t stat limits for characters outside player character

imbuements aren’t locked to a certain point either so that’s how shura and elius use their imbues pre lvl 120

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If lighting was so good, why isn’t there a lightning 2?
lightning 2:

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I am aware of all of that which is why I said

and

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it could be an indicator or hyrbid builds getting access to ancient magic, but i kind of hope not since i feel things on that scale should be pure build exclusive

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I would prefer that too, which is why I’m kinda hoping ancient lightning is a lost magic despite the name. That way ancients remain something purely for mages, while I can still get a cool red lightning sword without drawback

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I feel like it’s just not good enough to be an Ancient, honestly.

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I wouldn’t disagree, at least not entirely, it is a fairly simple and straightforward thing. At least from what we’ve seen of it.

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I don’t think ancient lightning despite the name is ancient, rather lost

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I think hybrids should get the choice (except Savants), but if they do get an Ancient magic, then it’ll be more limited in what they can do with it than had they stuck with a lost magic. Even so, with the way the current planned level cap is at 600, I doubt Hybrids are going to even have the points unless Vetex makes it a level requirement instead of a stat one (or a “meet one or the other” kind of thing).

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i hope not wtf even is “ancient lightning”

“oooh this lightning is… old apparently and also red” :-1:
weird concept

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Arcturus, Aether, Apocalypse, Healing, and Shadow

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they’re all weird concepts i have an issue with a lot of lost and ancient magics bc of this

for example frostmetal
oh so we just throwing together two random magics with zero correlation or similarities and calling them new magics now i see

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idk what this is even talking about I’m asian I know jackshit about words that aren’t in day to day convo

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Yeah, okay, I’ll give you that. What the heck is Frostmetal? It’s not even some kind of magical variant, it’s just cold dense metal!

I’ve only got one theory, it’s that it may be based on some kind of metal in Norse Mythology that’s used to build stuff in Asgard or something.

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I mean random combinations sound a bit more fun than ones you’d expect

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even if some of them are weird i think they’re still good for the game, since there will be someone out there who really likes frostmetal, perhaps because they have a particular interest in superconductors, and putting it in the game gives them a more preferred build

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range in shape between a jellyfish and a carrot???
what the hell does that even mean???

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