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Old 08-20-2015, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by nina [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I play my wizard. Its 53, without clicky nukes, mana robes or any of that stuff. Dont listen to the min-maxers, I like to make things go boom.
You can't "make things go boom" as a high level Wizard because everything has a shit ton of HP and higher resists. Your biggest nuke will do an average of maybe 10% health off a typical high-end group target, after taking 7 seconds to cast and if it doesn't get too resisted in the first place, and if you try to chain nuke in order to actually "make something so boom", you will just pull aggro and take too much damage.

Wizards can just hope to do a steady stream of DPS, no different than anyone else. Constantly chaining Ice Spear of the Solist + Concussion + Rend Robe is the best sustained output for a Wiz, about 100 DPS if the spells are always hitting max. That's good but there is better. If you don't have the best items, then it's a bit sad or very sad.

If you want real action and nuke potential as a Wizard, go Red server. As a low 50's Wizard, using Draughts against people in range who don't have good resists is very fun. You have actual quick kill potential, something you will not get in PvE at those levels. In terms of quick kill potential in PvE, Wizards peak at level 12.
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