Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-38854975-20190905144044/@comment-36926079-20191011055605

I'm not saying that fire is a bad element, quite the contrary. I just think that fire dust used raw is a poor casting element compared to others.

Also, there are easier ways to maim someone without using fire dust. You could use wind dust to cut their tendons, you could bury them in rubble, you could stab an ice spike through their leg.

Also, the only areas where there aren't combustible objects are the areas where fire would either be less effective (in the snow, in water) or areas that are less common/populated (dark caves/desert areas). If you could just use a sign to keep people out of a deathstalker's way, there is no reason you cannot wait for a hunter with effective fire-based weaponary to take them down.

Fire dust used raw is incredibly niche because the situations where fire is going to be more effective or even effective are rare and in between. Even in those cases, fire dust is still outperformed by traditional incenidary rounds or regular matches.

Also, you cannot use a forest fire to start an evacuation in any situation. That just instills panic, which attracts more Grimm. Coupled with the Grimm, the fear literally multiplies (fire makes every sort of invasion scarier) and makes it much harder for huntsmen to do their job.