Ahhh please stop this crap ... Habibi ur Zombie?
Overload crit chance increase only works on the Monster Overload hits, so you only have on 5 monster a higher crit chance, thats what makes it pointless out of dungeons where you have bosses + adds < 7 targets ... Or PvP where overload is OP because of the fact that there are 1-5 people max. and overload has a very high DPS compared to the AOE attacks - but overload is basically called a single target spell, even tho it can hit up to 5 ... 5 target hit make no difference on aoe grinding with pulls of 20+ monster at a time
Overload just suxx for leveling, overload is perfect for dungeons. point!
Best aoe grinding method is engulf urself, start pulling as much monster as possible, frostbite them + engulf a monster in the middle, blizzard -> all monster dead with 1 combo didnt need more than 1 combo most of the times.
At level ~35 or 36 you get dragonbreath and level 40 meteor, which increases your ability of aoe farming.
Doing Frostbite, engulf + dragonbreath or meteor (changing as of the higher cooldowns - as long as you dont own xxx spell haste to make it every pull) no need for blizzard anymore at this point.
Engulf is so OP because of the lifesteal you get for it and the high dmg.
Before level ~36 where you get dragonbreath its very good with the engulf + blizzard tactic, because you have very high life steal when you use a life on hit essence and on pulling you always get hit ... i was healing ~300-400 / second because engulf and blizzard both proc life on hit for every single monster it hits as AOE
Most Mages underestimate the factor of Life on Hit in Essences, but its freaking OP, with lvl 40 i can even tank lvl 40 monsters and burn them to ground without frostbite and just tanking because the lifesteal with meteor / dragonbreath + engulf is so enormous
I see, as you could see my earlier state i haven't personally tried out Engulf but the damage however sucks, no matter how you argue it.
I was just simply proving a point that overload with blizzard does more damage than just blizzard spam.
Proof, not theory.
But not everyone has access to Essences with gem slots or life on hit gem, atleast i know i don't.
Engulf is also later in the stage of the game, not where he could possibly access now.
Edited by Hab, 05 February 2014 - 08:53.