Thread: Orthanc Fire Set broken??

Anyone else noticed that the 3set bonus (+2 ticks for every fire skill) doesn't apply to ALL fire skills? And I'm not talking about the ones that don't have a dot component in the first place (like EoF)
I'm talking about DF/MF and SW
As of right now, only FR and WoF are gaining 2 additional ticks which is kinda lame if you ask me...

I've long given up hope on this armour set getting fixed before it goes obselete from the level cap raise coming this Fall.

The 5-set bonus also doesn't work.

These are things players have bugged in game and whined about in forums ever since the raid's release half a year ago.

As Tamiya mentioned, both the five set and the three set bonus has been more or less (in the case of the 3-set bonus, it doesn't apply to MF/SW) disfunctional since Update 5 release.

I wouldn't expect it to work for SW, so I'm ok with it not affecting that. Kind of a bummer about MF, but I'm sorta OCD about spamming it anyway since spamming it = more threat reduction. WoF pulses makes it possible to tier up WoF on multiple targets with Scathing Mockery only, which is a brilliant bonus, and extra pulses on FR has gotta be a massive dps bump since FR stacks.

Does the lightning set work? The healing set seems to work just fine. I would like to plan out how I use my seals now my RK is 75.

Originally Posted by Azerog

Does the lightning set work? The healing set seems to work just fine. I would like to plan out how I use my seals now my RK is 75.

Yes the Lightning set works. Updates the tooltips to 25% proc chance, and if you don't slot Harsh Debate and Thunderous Words, you can still proc those buffs using Ceaseless Argument and Scribe's Spark as the set adds +10% chance.

Originally Posted by Fearnley

Yes the Lightning set works. Updates the tooltips to 25% proc chance, and if you don't slot Harsh Debate and Thunderous Words, you can still proc those buffs using Ceaseless Argument and Scribe's Spark as the set adds +10% chance.

That's good to know. Seems like it is pretty significant for a lightning spec.

Originally Posted by Azerog

That's good to know. Seems like it is pretty significant for a lightning spec.

Both sets are very good for their respective specs. In my (possibly biased) opinion, even though the fire set is not functioning perfectly, it's still more valuable to a fire-specced RK than the lightning set is for a lightning RK. The lightning set bonus gives you a possibility for more damage; the fire set gives you a lot of guaranteed extra damage as well as making it a lot more convenient to keep WoF up on multiple targets. If I were you I'd get three of the fire before worrying about the lightning; you'll get more out of it and faster since you need five before you're getting anything special out of the lightning set. Of course, if you do a lot of healing I'd get that one too, and possibly first, as it's quite useful as well. The main problem with the RK sets, as with most things to do with the RK, is that all the sets are nice, so it's kind of hard to pick just one.