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You have 2400 mana, I have 2400 mana. You cast Ice Comet 6 times and are out of mana. You did 6720 damage. I cast a spell that does 81 damage for 30 mana, 80 times, for 6480 damage and still have a pet doing more DPS. Sure, you did 240 more damage nuking than I did, but which one of us did the most damage over that fight?
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#3
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![]() I am simply comparing wizard best nuke to a mages best nuke. I have no idea what you are trying to say. But okay, we'll run with it a bit, see how far it goes.
You cast Ice Comet 6 times. takes 6.3 seconds to cast, 2.25 seconds to reset. assuming you can chain cast with out aggro, your 6 casts take a total of 51.3 seconds and you are out of mana with nothing further to contribute. I cast Lava Bolt 8 times. Takes 7 seconds to cast, 2.25 seconds to reset. Again, assuming I can chain cast with out aggro, takes 74 seconds and I am out of mana. That gives you 23 seconds or we'll even be generous and give you a full 24 seconds or 4 ticks to regen some mana back while I am still casting. 4 ticks. Thats what? 80 mana regened? 100? Hell, I'll even be generous and say you get the full 400 to cast another Ice Comet (which is ridiculous, but hey, lets run with it). So, you get a 7th cast of Ice Comet. Total damage, 7840. My total Damage, 6480 from nukes, plus my pet which as I said hits for up to 58, and quads. I'm still willing to bet my pet does more than the 1380 damage difference betwen you nuking and me nuking. All I'm saying it's like the rabbit and the turtle. steady damage over time will out beat burst damage most of the time. And the mages pet makes up for and surpasses any lack of damage we may have in the nuking department. | ||
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You have 2400 mana, I have 2400 mana. I cast Ice Comet 3 times and stop because you are dead. | |||
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![]() /flamesuit on
For the original question: Mages quite simply are very OP. IMO Their abilites don't allign with Verant's vision (social / group focus) as they can make it 50 faster than any other class without ever having to group. (Guess you can tell I have mage envy here) Really it doesn't make sense for hybrids to get a huge xp penalty while they still need groups to level effectively. Yet clases that can easily solo (Druid, Mage, Necro) in some cases get xp bonuses due to race selection. Mages/Necros should have to share the xp from a kill with their pet. I still insist that the pets on this server are far more deadly than they ever were on live from 99-01. | ||
Last edited by tj218; 08-05-2010 at 06:57 PM..
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![]() Ya they should include all the bugs that went with pets on live and the horrible trains they cause and it would be about equal =P
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you begin to cast ice comet gebtik kick you for 2 spell was interrupted you begin to cast ice comet you whatever the emote is when the air pet stun you spell was interrupted you died | |||
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