Enchanter specialization

[Nedala]

Alteration without a doubt imo. You wont have enough mana to mezz a lot when you spent everything buffing. Also charm. All the high mana cost spells are alteration.

[Extunarian]

I'll echo what most others are saying: alteration, hands down.

[Dr4z3r]

Theft of Thought is Alteration.

[Messianic]

The question is what does specialization actually do? It reduces the mana cost and reduces fizzle rates (as far as I know, open to correction). Because of this, it's entirely a numeric decision.

What type of spells do you spend the most mana on over the course of grouping, raiding, or whatever it is you plan to do most when you play? Whatever that is, that's what you should specialize in.

[snwbrdr642]

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

I very rarely go from fm to oom casting nothing but mezzes. In a group, having that many mobs in camp means that your group is probably doomed anyway and the best that you can do is hope for an evac if you brought a porter.

alteration.

[ImBcmDth]

Conjuration. Conjuration. Conjuration.

Without a doubt it has saved me and my group.

With the right cleric and a group with a secondary tank that knows how and when to steal aggro, I have gone oom from locking down crazy numbers of mobs successfully. I have had the porter /tell me that they were casting nukes with their mouse over evac the whole time because they couldn't believe we could make really it.

Personally, I NEED my mezzes to fizzle less. A resist and then a poorly timed fizzle followed by another resist can be the end of the group. That one second matters a lot.

[Galanteer]

when you get three adds at 20% mana, and cleric/evac are both down and running back and you need to keep em locked, you will be happy to have conjuration. Though some people will say your likely at 20% due to not having alteration as a specialty.

It isn't that hard to change if you don't like your choice or find that it interferes with your play style. Just a ruby and the time to get the specialization back up.

[mimixownzall]

Mainly grouping: Conjuration

Mainly raiding: Alteration

[greatdane]

I'd always go alteration. You know it'll help you always, no matter what you're doing; raiding, grouping, especially soloing. Conjuration will sometimes help when you're fucked and have to mez everything ten times, but then you're probably fucked no matter what, and it's also just as likely that you'd have more mana left from your cheaper buffs than what you'll save from your cheaper mez. I'd say alteration is the best option in every case except the one where you go from full to zero mana solely on mezzing, and how often does that happen?

[Swish]

I should have made a poll [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

It isn't that hard to change if you don't like your choice or find that it interferes with your play style. Just a ruby and the time to get the specialization back up.

...that's comforting at least, not absolutely final. Still deciding, great arguments for both I must say [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]