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[tristantio]

Don't forget Clarity gives ~8 mana more per tick (standing or sitting), which comes down to 80 extra mana per minute (or 2400 more mana per half hour aka Clarity duration).

What I find to be worth it occasionally on my caster characters if I am soloing is to bind at a hunting spot near East Commons (for level 15 those would be Oasis or Lavastorm) and run to EC to snag a clarity and then gate back to my hunting area and have 30 minutes of low downtime killing.

I am not sure if the run would be worth it if you did not have SOW though (SOW pots help with this, or being a class that has SOW).

Edit: Since your mana pool is probably around 500 at your level and you most likely use most of it to kill a mob that is like 5 free kills per half hour with Clarity. If average kill/med time takes about 5 minutes the run is worth it imho.

[Raavak]

Some ideas of stuff that is attainable at lower levels if you save your coppers.

Slot-Name-Stat
Ear-Obsiden Bead Hoop (2)-3 INT ea
Rings-Moonstone Ring (2)-30 mana ea
Offhand-Stein of Mogguk-10 INT, 10 mana
Feet-Wolf Fur Slippers-20 mana
Neck-Sapphire Platinum Necklace-7 INT
Wrists-Polished Bone Bracelet-3 INT ea
Sleeves-Embroidered Sleeves-25 mana
Waist-Braided Cinch Cord-4 INT
Face-Sheer Bone Mask-3 INT
Shoulders-Embroidered Cape-20 mana
Hands-Dusty Bloodstained Gloves-25 mana
Hat-Batfang Headband-3 INT

[Dr4z3r]

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

If you're in BB then it's not terribly far for you to travel to Lfay.

Gnoll Fangs come from BlackBurrow, not ButcherBlock.

[baalzy]

Originally Posted by Dr4z3r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gnoll Fangs come from BlackBurrow, not ButcherBlock.

I kinda wondered about that :X. I've leveled every single one of my chars on Faydwer during their newbie levels, so BB has always meant butcherblock in my vocabulary lol.

[Knuckle]

picking a wizard is perhaps the easiest class to play in a group period. No one really knows when u should be nuking becuase you can oom in like 3 casts at low levels. Basically you can afk longer than any other class and just leech xp while you read a book or do p90x

[tocasia]

I haven't seen anyone mention this yet.

You should try to get your Staff of the Wheel quest done asap. Nothing really beats +10 int primary, and you will eventually need to turn in the staff to get the runes to research Ice Comet. Some of the rods for this quest are tough to get (lguk and everfrost) so it's best to do early so that if you die it won't take as long to gain back the lost exp.

Another quest you should do around lvl 29 is the Staff of Temperate Flux quest. You will use this from your inventory (you don't have to equip it) for an instant cast fire and cold resistance debuff. Not only will you experience fewer resists with fire and cold spells both solo and grouped, it makes a great pulling tool and range finder while quad kiting. You can also use it to help position mobs for root cc in groups if you are brave/have lots of hp. At 29 you will need help or a group to get the Heart of Fire from Sol A and the Rod of Bone from Lake Rathe, but you should be able to solo the goblin wizard in Permafrost for the Heart of Frost.

[tocasia]

Here's some more info, I hope it can help you!

Wizard Leveling - This is what I did

High Elf wizard, currently lvl 35
1-4 : soloed in gfay newbie area
4-8 : orc hill group
8-12 : crushbone wall group
12-14 : dervish group in WC
14-16 : solo by Najena in Lavastorm
16-20 : some Unrest grouped first floor, some orc highway in Oasis grouped, some Highhold Pass orcs grouped, Upper Guk spiders and scryer grouped (best place)
20-24 : Upper Guk scryer and undead zoneline grouped (very nice exp in here)
24-32 : Mistmoore pond grouped or solo entrance gargs if no one is around, Mistmoore gy and ce grouped at higher end of range
33-35 : gnolls near Paw spires in SK solo quads, Overthere grouped near FM zoneline

[Messianic]

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

Here's some more info, I hope it can help you!

Wizard Leveling - This is what I did

High Elf wizard, currently lvl 35
1-4 : soloed in gfay newbie area
4-8 : orc hill group
8-12 : crushbone wall group
12-14 : dervish group in WC
14-16 : solo by Najena in Lavastorm
16-20 : some Unrest grouped first floor, some orc highway in Oasis grouped, some Highhold Pass orcs grouped, Upper Guk spiders and scryer grouped (best place)
20-24 : Upper Guk scryer and undead zoneline grouped (very nice exp in here)
24-32 : Mistmoore pond grouped or solo entrance gargs if no one is around, Mistmoore gy and ce grouped at higher end of range
33-35 : gnolls near Paw spires in SK solo quads, Overthere grouped near FM zoneline

In that spirit, here's what i did:

4-8 - EC trash
8-12 - WC willowisps
12-16 - WC/Oasis/NK - ((It's helpful to be bound in the zone you fight, run back to EC, get clarity/sow, gate back, pwn mobs - that was reason enough to stick around EC))
16-20 - NK/EK
20-~25/26- Combination of NK and High Keep - I soloed Osargen for a while
~26-31 - discovered quad kiting mammoths in EF without bonds of force. Leveled like I was on crack because I always had someone there to sow me. They started to lblue out at 31.
31-34 - SK Gnoll spires
35-42 - Four NK Qeynos guards - two at the tower near gypsies, two at the bridge. Very good exp, very easy, and very consistent. Pull the ones at the bridge and just run all the way to the tower. Pull those. Run them in circles, quad them in the direction of the bridge. Profit.

And i'm stuck at 42 doing Dreadlands trash near the tunnel to the druid rings/wiz spires. It's faster exp than specs and I don't have to wonder if it's camped or not. Little to no play time lately = not a happy wizard