Fire breath shout feels weak : V

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:59 pm

I have the fire breath shout with all the words learned, I go and use it and it is fun to use but it feels weak and underpowered. Does anyone else feel the same way?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:33 am

I feel the same way too. Sometimes though I use it and they run away in fear, anyone ever get that?

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:10 am

I have the fire breath shout with all the words learned, I go and use it and it is fun to use but it feels weak and underpowered. Does anyone else feel the same way?

A bit. Try drawing a crowd into a group and letting it go though. It does equal damage to all of the people hit, so it gives me the feel of being more powerful.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:03 pm

This is why I like unrelenting force

especially near a cliff's edge

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:22 am

Yea, there is almost never a reason to use it over unrelenting force. Even a maxed out fire breath will not reach the damage potential of wailing on an opponent downed by "fus ro dah."

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:12 pm

Yea, there is almost never a reason to use it over unrelenting force. Even a maxed out fire breath will not reach the damage potential of wailing on an opponent downed by "fus ro dah."

The only opponents I really find it useful for are trolls. They can't heal while on fire....

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:57 pm

It does ~100 with all 3... it feels weak because it IS weak.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:48 am

I thought I was the only one who felt the same. Even with Paarthurnax giving me a little boost with fire shouts.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:10 pm

I have the fire breath shout with all the words learned, I go and use it and it is fun to use but it feels weak and underpowered. Does anyone else feel the same way?

Fire breath shout is weak? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years... What's your name... [censored] you, that's my name!!!!

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:24 am

Fire breath shout is weak? You're weak. I've been in this business fifteen years... What's your name... [censored] you, that's my name!!!!

Uhh....okay then.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:40 am

Yea, there is almost never a reason to use it over unrelenting force. Even a maxed out fire breath will not reach the damage potential of wailing on an opponent downed by "fus ro dah."

Totally agree. I think the elemental damage shouts are worthless. I certainly don't feel like a dragon when using them...

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:26 am

Combat shouts are kind of "meh" period. About the only one's are use are the utility oriented ones. I almost forget I have shouts at times. Its a shame something so central to your character's lore is so lackluster.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:11 pm

Totally agree. I think the elemental damage shouts are worthless. I certainly don't feel like a dragon when using them...

Yep.

Unrelenting Force > Fire breath (except for trolls, but it's still kinda useless)
Ice form > Frost breath

What is the point of Fire and Frost breath, other than to look cool?

Combat shouts are kind of "meh" period. About the only one's are use are the utility oriented ones.

I love BASE jumping with Become Ethereal, and spanning large crevasses and rivers with Whirlwind Sprint!

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:37 am

When I saw dragon use fire breath, I thought I'll do the same

finds out that yol-toor-shul shout is just like naruto fire blast technique

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:23 am

I don't find them weak. I find the cooldown is too long. I've seen my firebreath oneshot mobs and take significant chunks of HP off enemy mobs. It also has a stagger effect if used correctly.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:59 pm

Yeah it's pretty useless all around. Even the 3 word shout.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:40 am

like magic, i don't think its damage truly scales.

so it ends up being rarely used, and stuff like slowtime/elementalfury/crowd-controls are superior.

» Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:55 pm

yeah when you're playing on master and the dragons shouts do like 20x the damage your shouts do, it makes it kind of hard. I literally had a 35 minute long battle with a blood dragon cus i had no potions and we were at a standoff where hed keep shooting me and id had to run behind this pillar, and pop out whenever i had the chance to shoot him with fire breath.

But yeah i noticed the frost and fire breath to be a little underpowered - at least the cool down time for the damage they do. Either increase the damage of them, or decrease the cool down time on them.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:09 am

A bit. Try drawing a crowd into a group and letting it go though.

This. When I draw people into a crowd and let one go it suffocates them every single time.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:17 am

It's because shouts don't scale with the player level. Just wait until the construction set comes out, someone is bound to make a mod that makes the scale. Until then, the only ones that are useful are ones that work indefinitely, such as unrelenting force, ice form, marked for death, whirlwind sprint, etc.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:28 pm

Storm Call > All

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:51 am

For some reason I think the Frost Breath is really weak. Not so much the Fire Breath.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:31 am

would have made more sense from a canceling out stand point. dragon uses fire shout, no problem, throw a blizzard shout at him to cancel it. death lord used a unrelenting force, no problem, throw one right back at him and create a shock wave in the middle of the room. little touches make a enjoyable game even more enjoyable. right now i have 4 shouts out of like 12 hot keyed, some of which i have 0 souls invested in.

» Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:02 am

Storm Call > All

Just.....no. It's the worst shout in the game. I agree, it's pretty cool, but it'd be the best shout in the game if it didn't effect every single damn thing that moved. If it only hurt enemies, then I'd love it.