Ah but it does. Environment- the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plan lives or operates. So by adding the "Environment" descriptor, which to my memory I have never seen used to describe another power, left me a little confused. So to me is sounds like the effects are coming from the game world. Not NPCs or MOBs. How often do you encounter environmental effects as I have described them? Once maybe twice every ten levels. Less? If this is the case it's not a very useful power.
It took three posts for someone to explain what the game meant by environmental. One of which all but called me stupid.
It is very clear by my second post that the definition of Environmental is my sticking point. So what other powers use the descriptor of environmental? I know Paragon Wiki is out dated but on their page for Damage Types https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Damage#Negative_Energy_Damage no mention of any environment or environmental is used. Is this the sole use of it on the game?