A Bit Disappointed in Gathering Storm

Obviously I have not had a chance to try it out, but on the face of it, they replaced what was in some ways the only ranged castable skill Primalist had with yet another melee skill, of which there were already several. Having an elemental melee skill added when there is still Tempest Strike seems especially redundant.

You can change GS to be a ranged cast, but you have to go with a staff and pay a mana cost. Maybe the vision is to have Primalists be only able to cast totems and tornados and stuff at range so there is almost no overlap with Mage roles.

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Well you have to pay 1 mana.

if you take 5 points of the earlier passives in shaman, you gain 5 mana when you cast gathering storm. this does not seem to be limited to only free GS either.

And if you happen to be using one of the staves that has -mana cost, its free and even gives you mana with said passive!

Really, for the mana cost its not bad at all. its a bit simple for a self cast skill ill give you that. but thats sorta the purpose isnt it? its a low level filler skill for primalists. its not supposed to be complicated.