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Originally Posted by teews08
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Out of curiosity, I'm interested in trying a wizard, but really am scared about going oom after 2 spell casts. Seems like I'd pretty much be medding 24/7 with the exception of casting a spell every 5 mins...(maybe not that long, but be honest with me.) My question is, is it really like this? from 1-50?
p.s. I know there are multiple DD spells that wizards can cast, but lets say the best dmg per mana spell.
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I played a Wizard to 50 on Live during the classic era (Synge on Fennin Ro) before Kunark. You are not OOM after a couple of blasts from your top damage spell. Wizards get a very large mana pool and I believe their spells are much more efficient mana-wise. You will spend a lot of time meditating (let's be clear on that). The day I no longer had to stare at my spell book to meditate was one of the best.. If you are solo, you will experience a lot of downtime meditating. I was able to solo quite well outdoors (provided I had some form of run speed enhancement such as SOW or Jboots). One thing you will discover as a Wizard... Clarity is worse than crack. I became so addicted to clarity that I would bind in a dungeon with my group, do a "/who enchanter 32 50 all", find one near a Wizard port destination, send a tell asking for Clarity and then port out to meet them, sometimes running a zone or two to get to him/her, then gate back to the group. My addiction was so bad that my next character which I made was an enchanter.
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In groups, as a wizard, you will be meditating a lot and pop up once the fight has progressed to drop a nuke on the mob and then again towards the end. You also can save the day by chain-nuking when stuff gets bad, quickly dropping those mobs which would otherwise result in a wipe.
Lastly, let's not forget about Evac. I saved the day many times with this great spell.. I hope this helped you out.