Talk:Incendiary Bolts/@comment-99.244.112.118-20160131032439/@comment-5607198-20160707023309

I think its more likely that this was a gameplay decision that they reversed course on in the DLC. Or if we NEED an in-story explanation, corvo is loosening the seals (by accident or intent) so that the energy is released more slowly, causing a burn rather than an explosion