Starting erud wiz. Talk me out of it.

[Isey]

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

It's like rolling a toon who is Tom Cruise, forever trapped in Cocktail.

You will never ever be what you could be.

Blasphemy. His second best movie after Top Gun!

[Cen]

Dark elves are the best Wizard race, and Wizards are also the best Dark Elf class.

Unlike other Dark Elf classes, the stats or skills given aren't superfluous or detrimental to the class. You can worship Solusek Ro as a Dark Elf wizard, which gives better faction across the board than being Agnostic (higher KoT and PoM and Temple of Ro factions, everything else is the same as Agnostic). Hide is powerful for the class who sits and meds a lot and doesn't end up killing a pet companion like Necro/Mage.

Only enchanter is a close comparison, but that can battle with high elf for supremacy.

So im not talking you out of Wizard, just talking you into a DE [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]


huehue

[Chortles Snort|eS]

I played a wiz on live and have NEVER had the desire to roll one EVER again throughout my 8 year emu career here.

[Palemoon]

Wizard is something I've never played past level 20 or so and I too am strongly considering it for a change.

Will wizards get random xp groups? And I mean without a second thought/pity invite.

[Cen]

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

Wizard is something I've never played past level 20 or so and I too am strongly considering it for a change.

Will wizards get random xp groups? And I mean without a second thought/pity invite.

You only need to group until level 34 for efficiency, but you never really have to group. After 34 you shouldn't waste time with groups they will only slow you down ;D

Its easy to get groups in Highkeep from 24-34 for the double experience there, but maybe green might be overcrowded so if you mean green, youll have to check it and port away to solo periodically ;D

[Fammaden]

For some reason after starting and stopping a couple classes I stuck with wizard back in era. It was rough. I'm with the troll dude, despite being a major alt addict on P99 I won't do a wizard again, ever.

Yes, during Luclin and PoP I became a god, but meh, I'd have rather enjoyed being relevant during the golden age. Porting is fun to be able to do but you can just play a druid and have 100 times the utility. The biggest draw would be novelty in not as many people playing wizards.

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

Porting is fun to be able to do but you can just play a druid and have 100 times the utility.

[Jibartik]

I predict the select few that start in Odus will have a very grand and memorable adventure on gree99 month 1

Go for it!

[turbosilk]

This is the best time to play a wizard through Kunark. The erudite have a big leg up with the extra int.

[Lojik]

I'll go against the grain here. Do it. If you have any interest in raiding wiz will be great on green, eru is min max choice too. Guilds will need a lot of numbers to take down classic stuff, wiz will be best DPS v. Dragons since pets are useless with dragon roar. Melee will be gimped until kunark, and even then it will take a while for all melee to gear up. Kunark is peak wizard power v. Raid targets with 32k HP or less, and only a handful of rogues will get epics before velious. Even part way through velious wizards will be strong raid DPS, by the time melee start to be well geared you can quest for giant and dragon bane.

In groups you won't be awful. Some dungeons evac might come in handy, stuns are helpful and burst DPS might be needed. It's not much of an issue now on blue since melee are geared to the teeth stuff dies fast anyway. You might even be able to get Seb groups as most people won't have much time to gear up all their melee toons. I really think people don't realize how much 8 years of kunark has tilted the scales in favor melee.