IS DEAD
Dramatic but also true, even with half your damage converted, VoS and passthrough was way better than the green rifle, and nothing else of note really exists. Now with VoS getting full conversion it’s a nonstarter for lightning. Can the green rifle finally get some non-crit mod to primal strike? AoE/limited passthrough/damage mod/tactical nuke?
I’ve tested a couple of weeks ago lultos conj with sparkthrower and deleted it after 5 mins. 0 dmg, 0 survivability but in the calc it looks decent
curious why it’s dead/what prompted the 180 design change now, since it/a pure aether weapon had been tolerated being used for non aether for so long. 
New stuff in FoA, or upcoming next round of changes for Primal Strike items ?
This could help a lot
if sparkthrower needs a buff what about raka’jax?
Raka what? Sounds like something that doesn’t exist in the game same as CD PS
Cooldown PS may finally have some use in FoA with overpower? Right now seems like a good option to throw away a ton of skill points, it’s always seemed very unpopular. Rakajax is a low mid spam performer on elementalist, but seems destined to stay as a cooldown option primarily
How can we kill that which was already dead?
And it’s alive!
Some small variations between Lee and my setups, but probably the best lightning ranged PS has felt. Timers are good, tank is okay, overall a good meta build now but not dethroning the top nerds. PS has some weird behavior where attack time is variable, haven’t done specific tests to figure out why yet.
sounds like it’s time to nerf
I had a CD primal strike Druid before the test patch dropped, trying to get damage through DoT. I was going back and forth between Raka’jax and Ugdenbog sparkthrower because they were pretty close: one with bigger DoT, the other one with more frequent attacks and better burst damage.
Though now, Sparkthrower is miles ahead. Not complaining of course, but that says something for Raka’jax. Maybe it needs a buff too. Since without passthrough it can’t get even close in the “raw output” department, increasing its electrocute damage somehow could carve it a better niche in massive DoT.
Either directly adding electrocute to Primal strike, or to the base weapon damage itself. or maybe to another passive skill to foster a bit more diversity (EEE, flame touched, word of renewal…)
Or increase its weapon damage bonus to primal strike ? Or change that weapon damage bonus to a “total damage modified by” bonus instead ?
Adding +2 skill level to a second class (Like Arcanist) could also help it…