'Cold' Isn't An Element

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JohnNamikaze написал:

Cold being referred to as an element has become the norm in a good portion of the Diablo games.

They could call it Water, but Water suggests a liquid form. Almost all, or perhaps all(?), magical Water effects are ice. From what I've seen of fantasy, Water also tends to connote life/healing which is probably not a connotation GGG wants to invoke.

I would be OK with them calling it Ice instead of Cold, but not Water. Anyway, it's not that big a deal.

Earth, Water, Wind, Fire

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Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma

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Crackmonster написал:

Earth, Water, Wind, Fire

And hearth! By our powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN PLANET !

I think it is also related to waters role out there in the real world. Water has always been associated with cooling, calming, blue, cold and so on. Looking at water it has one of the highest specific heat capacities(thermal energy required to raise temperature) of all substances we as well as a high heat of evaporation. That means it can absorb a lot of thermal energy(heat) and therefore serves as a form of buffer for biological systems. When you put it on your skin you will feel cold(unless hotter than you), because the water absorbs energy and thereby some of the molecules will gain that energy and move freely enough to evaporate so you feel cold as water is absorbing your energy to heat and evaporate.

Because "elemental" sounds better than "damage types" :p

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Jesse_GGG написал:

Don Cheadle is the real Captain planet :)

Ay man u frogot to press the [LOCK THREAD] button

h5 o/

A lock at that point would have indeed been hilarious.

I think some wood-element skill mockups would make an awesome news post for April 1, 2018. Someone at GGG take note!