Could this FINALLY fix Chaos Bolt?

[Licarius]

so i was thinking last night, what if Chaos bolt was a bit more, well exciting?

I thought, what if Chaos bolt had a 15% chance to grant you one soul shard and reset the cool down of soul burn?

it would mean a small chance to basically grant an instant Soul Fire. i beleive 4% from imp is not enough.

this would make Chaos bolt more attractive to use, make the destro rotation more fluid with a few more instant soul fires thrown in.

and even give destro that burst boost it needs in pvp........

thoughts anyone?

[Viceversa]

i don't like the idea, it's the same thing as improved imp.

[Licarius]

yeah after thinking about it more..... but then there's options of insta demo summon, portal speed boost, health stone.... it's not JUST for soul fire.....

[Deleted]

It should be Chaos damage like it was supposed to be..

[Lizl]

I actually had an idea on this, though I can kind of admit that it would be rather impractical.

Chaos Bolt: Fires a bolt of chaotic fire at the target, dealing xx shadowflame damage and increasing the damage of Immolate by 20% for 15 seconds. This effect is consumed when you cast an Incinerate spell. If this effect or Immolate is dispelled, the target will lose x% of its mana over 6 seconds.
2.2 second cast time. x% of base mana, 40 yard range

Incinerate: Deals xx fire damage to your target and reduces the cooldown of Conflagrate by 1 second.
2 second cast time. x% of base mana, 40 yard range

Talents, of course would be changed to reflect this. My intent with this idea was so that Chaos Bolt wasn't worthless, and so we got a spammable green fire spell, while still making an Incinerate rotations viable, and providing dispel protection.

[ComputerNerd]

Not sure about a such a shard return mechanism being appropriate for chaos bolt, but certainly I feel the current shard mechanism is rather poor.
We are the only class who has a cooldown potentially and frequently limited in number instead of only on frequency of use.
It is also one we have to work to earn back, unlike everyone else.

[Sorx]

needs a damage boost in general, as well as incinerate.

I have heard someone say that CB should make the next SF instant and i liked that idea quite well.

[Lizl]

Not sure about a such a shard return mechanism being appropriate for chaos bolt, but certainly I feel the current shard mechanism is rather poor.
We are the only class who has a cooldown potentially and frequently limited in number instead of only on frequency of use.
It is also one we have to work to earn back, unlike everyone else.

I would not call getting soul shards back "work" at all. It's rather simple: I never really have to use Soul Harvest to get soul shards, seeing that the spell works perfectly in conjunction with Life Tap.