Maybe you didn't read the part where I'm suggesting that Weather the Storm be removed from the game. (WtS is either the second or third most overpowered talent in the game at the moment.) Are you saying these would be boring/redundant even in an environment without WtS?
In terms of them being interesting, I beg to differ. That would be like saying Picture of Health isn't interesting because all it does is boost your Vitality. In particular, Fire Adaptation would be powerful and interesting with Explode (which is a spell I'm admittedly biased towards).
They just become either obvious or pointless choices based on the frequency you encounter said element or subject your characters to that element. Taking fire resist and zombie would be the obvious ones currently, the others would be easy to pass on.
