Solist's Robe of Invocation
 

Has anyone actually found this in game? Man this should be the wizard epic! Wizards need some love.

What if I told you that everybody on P99 that has one never clicks it and it has become a complete novelty item?

I've seen them on a few people. They do exist!

There's also a great alternative with a slightly lower barrier to entry from Velketor the Sorceror. The Vermilion Robe of Torrefaction does slightly lower sustained dps than the Solists Robe, but it's fire based so tends to land more reliably. And you don't need no stinking key to get to it!

I wish there were more mid level clicky damage gear for wizzies. Would make them more group friendly. Burnt wood staff... come on. Like mages need it more than wizzies.

Drops in VP. A few days ago we got one to drop and no wizards were present that didn't already have so we had to log on someone's wiz and run them over just to loot it.

For most guilds after a bit that, and most classic specifics in VP, tend to rot.

Pretty much this, but what can you do. Wizards excel at lots of things, but standard exp groups just isn't one of them.

Is the vermilion robe from a raid? Or is that a regular dungeon group?

Raid. It drops from Velketor.

There a quite a few wizard nuke clickies but most all are at the high end:

Solist Rend Robe - Xygoz (VP)
Vermillion Robe - Velketor (Velks)
Shissar Elementalist Staff - Hoshkar (VP)*
Growth/Thurg/Kael/Skyshrine Robe - Velious Armor Quests*
Vermillion Orb - Velketor (Velks)
Solist's Icy Wand - Kurns Tower

Those are the ones off the top of my head. The Velious Robe is the most attainable but it's a long 24 sec cast time for only 350ish DMG. Though it is a -100 FR check so it's tough to resist.

Rend robe is best DPS against low resistance mobs. Hoshkar staff is a true lure with 400 DMG / -300 FR check so it's almost guaranteed full hits every time. The Velketor robe is solid DPS if rend robe isn't an option. The Velketor orb sucks.

Solist Icy Wand is a toy for low levels.

Basically in a group, it's rend robe / conflagration robe or don't bother I think.

I have never raided in this game. I'm pretty casual. Family man, full time job. Is raiding as bad as I hear? Will I have to pretty much start poopsocking to see end game content? Or is it possible to raid with limited play time. Mostly weekends. I just want to know if there is anything end game in store for me.

Yes it's bad atm. But i think a few more months into velious a lot of content will open up with people burning out etc