Wizards...what were they thinking?

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Had a Wizard on live, played him for 8 or 9 years. Have one on P99. And I understand what you mean that some spells have little to no use. But that doesn't mean the class is useless and that they made them wrong. There are ways to utilize those spells if you really want to do something other than root/nuke.

Wizards are weak at low levels. Hell they are weak at high levels. But it doesn't mean they don't serve a purpose. And a rather nice one. Virtually they were the kings of DPS for quite a long time in EQ. I remember being the top parser and trading spots with a fellow Wizard on tons of parses.

They are glass cannons. Our job is to do high amounts of damage, generate a lot of aggro, and port. That's it. Just like a clerics job is to heal, a pal/sk/wars job is to tank. We DPS. Why should we carry 2 or 3 different roles? We aren't hybrids.