Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity - Original Sin - General Big problems with elemental surface damage.

Well, in case of surfaces - not clouds - it kinda makes sense.
You walk over the surface -> the surface affects you and you extinguish it/soak it up.
The burning/poisoned status is only an additional DoT effect.
In a cloud however, that explanation wouldn't make sense.

Now balancing reasons are different again.
If you want a surface to be an obstacle that will hold the player in place for a while, it makes sense again, otherwise if you consider it too much it should be changed.