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Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception
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Huh. I woulda thought it'd be an item that sees constant use from the moment you can use it.
I mean, you miss a couple med ticks to cast it sure, but that basically makes it a 330ish damage nuke that costs ~40 mana. Only 20 DPS yeah, but medding 20 mana per tick when your most efficient nukes are barely 3:1 damage:mana means medding is only worth ~10 sustained DPS.
If I were a mage, I'm thinking in groups I'd be managing pet (obviously), keeping mana around 70-80% to use for burst or rods or whatever when needed, keeping up DS, maloing when needed... and spamming burnt wood staff in the meantime.
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It really does get some solid use at 46 when you can use it because you're likely still fighting things on the far left side of the HP curve. From what I've seen with the people who have used it, there are only really a handful of viable situations otherwise it kinda doesn't make sense to whip it out (heh):
- fear kiting with another class.
- when soloing using it as the final blow after reclaiming pet.
- post 50 xp groups. At 46 (base level) you're usually part of groups where the average hp of the mobs hasn't ballooned. As nearly everyone is overgeared, most fights aren't even really long enough to make super good use of it considering chain pulling etc...
Given the scenario you listed and assuming you're not strapped for cash, I could see you pulling it out here and there to add a little something to the battle.