When i was going up it seemed there were too many clerics so i soloed 28~34

You're a great level to do pond in MM, but that isn't always open. I had the same problem... "Well Pond doesn't need a tank atm... now what?" I'd usually talk to the people and go solo in unrest until a spot opened up in MM. Alternatively, you can put your own group together for anywhere you want. You might be surprised how many people are willing to pick up and go somewhere, and you're in a fabulous position as cleric to make a group-- you form the core of it.

How are wizards fairing?

Grouping-wise? Dismal as always I'm afraid. People simply have an unnatural hatred to wizards in their groups due to their sporadic DPS. Most groups prefer melee DPS or mage/necros if needed due to having a constant DPS output.

Unfortunately the few wizards I group with out there tend to be the types who burn their mana pool and afk for 3 minutes at a time - better to chip in 2 nukes a mob and make an attempt to keep the dps regular.

Also, why nuke a mob that's on 3% health with your biggest nuke? Good wizards are hard to come by :P

"Sporadic DPS" is not as accurate a description as "lower DPS than a meleeing Shaman." So you see, people have a very NATURAL hatred of Wizards, because in an experience group, they are simply the very worst class you can possibly have.

I can't imagine a wizard would solo all that bad though.


They get root, shadowstep, damage shields, and some powerful nukes.


Just don't expect it to be as fast as another class lol.


kill something.. then med like 5~10 mins.. have a video or something in the background you can tab out too ;p

Their solo power comes from AoE snare line + AoE damage lines which gives them the ability to quad in spectacular fashion, making them one of the top 4-5 solo classes. They are also stupendous in raids up to Velious, where no mob has more than 32,000 hps.

ahh didn't even think of that.. jboots work or they just burn the sow potions?

Jboots are great for Wizards. It's one of about two or three pieces of gear they really need. The others being Staff of Temperate Flux (which is more of a class perk than anything), and I left a slot open in case there was one I forgot. :)

Apart from that, all they really need is enough int/mana gear to finish off their quad. That makes the soloing Wizard the class who can put mana gear to best use. The other classes don't require nearly as much to be effective. Druids can use a fungi/regeneration/manastone combination or Luminescent Staff to help their quads.