A wizard is you...

[Haledan]

Well I certainly appreciate the info on the robe as well as the warning on the wizard class. I started playing at the beginning of Velious and really don't remember any talk about wizards being so unwanted but that was a long time ago. I've got a bard I've played up to 12 now too and will probably work on him some as well especially when then hybrid exp penalty drops. I've never done swarm kiting and would rather use him in a group so I don't plan too. I still plan on playing my wizard though even if it is a bit of a dumb choice. I want to get some ports at least before I give up on him [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Sorn]

Don't listen to these guys. A wizard is always the best choice if you love making things go boom.

[Haledan]

Oh its all good [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] better to have an informed idea of what you are getting yourself into than walk into it blind. Got myself half way through 15 now thanks to wisps, lions, wolves, and beetles out in NK just 5 more levels until some self ports! Think I may try checking out befallan or perhaps kurn's after I level. I know Icy wands are super rare but might as well have a shot at one as I try leveling. Probably hit up EC to try and sell off a few hq bear pelts and other lowbie staples and gear up as much as I can with the proceeds.

[nina]

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. I have jboots and am able to quad as well as port and am never an afk wizard in groups.
In saying that, wizards get the raw deal because they have a bad name and can be out damaged over time by melee DPS classes and when they run out of mana (which happens no matter how conservative you are) you are pretty useless.
Can be a lot of fun, easy to get disheartened but a good guild will help you out with that.

[Swish]

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. I have jboots and am able to quad as well as port and am never an afk wizard in groups.
In saying that, wizards get the raw deal because they have a bad name and can be out damaged over time by melee DPS classes and when they run out of mana (which happens no matter how conservative you are) you are pretty useless.
Can be a lot of fun, easy to get disheartened but a good guild will help you out with that.

good post

[Zuranthium]

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.

[Haledan]

Originally Posted by Zuranthium [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

I could see how wizards could make players go boom in pvp for sure. Even at lvl 16 I could tell that mob hps scaled much faster than my nukes did so I believe the part about peaking at lvl 12 lol. Not sure if I'm ready to try the pvp server though.

I had a little bit of play time over the last couple of days and am now around 1.5 bubs of exp through level 17. I found some ry'gorr leggings on a vendor and managed to sell them in EC tunnel for a profit which was cool but I'm still a long way from having enough to pick up a Solist wand or any other fun wizard stuff. I trained my research skill but it wouldn't let me put additional points in it past the 16 it went to when I trained it. Even after hitting level 17 I couldn't put more training points in it. Is this a skill I can level with training points or is it all done through crafting? I did find some runes for both my level 16 spells and got someone to make them for me because I don't trust crafting anything that isn't very trivial (my apologies to the person that helped me I totally forgot to give you a tip [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] ).

I recreated my rogue and now have a level 1 barb rogue named Knifewizard (knife wizards have a few spells...sneak, hide, etc. but mainly they cast Stab) I'll probably use a bit of my ry'gorr plat on some golden fire rings and a cheap Knife so I can level him a bit some too. Overall still enjoying the server and getting my classic EQ fix!

[Swish]

duck/cancel isn't supposed to be in on blue yet, sometimes these things are just "there"

[gekkonidae]

The power is YOURS.

[Morlaeth]

Keep going man. I've enjoyed reading your progress.