Solo gearing options for a wizard?

[tadkins]

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

Drachnid Thyxl is an option to the phenocryst.

Oh yeah I found that one. Looked interesting, but I do genuinely fear that I could camp the area, get the widow to spawn, ask in the zone for help, and some 60 good guy comes and just takes it instead. People are seriously mean and opportunistic on this server.

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

Also don’t reroll if you’re looking to raid. Through raiding you can get the items and plat you desire.

That's what I've heard but tbh I've been through three guilds on this server and none of them felt like a home. It's why I've made peace with being a solo player.

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

get an OT mallet.

I do really want one of those still.

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

I bound at OOT AC and quaded specs / seafuries. Or burnt AC ph. Or port to cs to quad wyverns/drakes. Careful with the drakes though, they got a dragon breath thing.

Apparently WL suits are good but I never tried it.

Eye of Zomm + worker’s mallet for bank / finding fares. Lost staff of the scorned for vendor / bank.

yup my life is basically wyverns right now, haha

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

Not trying to sound mean here, but most of these points are wrong. Enc is a very fun and fast leveling class.

Naw it doesn't sound mean. I totally get it. Those points are all things I'm glad to be wrong on, because part of me keeps getting the urge to try enchanter over and over again.

On the epic thing though, it really is mostly because I still dream of earning an epic one day. It's still a life goal of mine. So I've been just shying away from classes with the insanely tough epics (enchanter, bard, mage, etc) and have considered trying classes solely because they have easy epics, like rogue or cleric or shaman. I picked wizard in the end because while it isn't the easiest, it's also not impossible like some. The happy balance between those two examples.

[PatChapp]

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

Oh yeah I found that one. Looked interesting, but I do genuinely fear that I could camp the area, get the widow to spawn, ask in the zone for help, and some 60 good guy comes and just takes it instead. People are seriously mean and opportunistic on this server.



That's what I've heard but tbh I've been through three guilds on this server and none of them felt like a home. It's why I've made peace with being a solo player.



I do really want one of those still.



yup my life is basically wyverns right now, haha



Naw it doesn't sound mean. I totally get it. Those points are all things I'm glad to be wrong on, because part of me keeps getting the urge to try enchanter over and over again.

On the epic thing though, it really is mostly because I still dream of earning an epic one day. It's still a life goal of mine. So I've been just shying away from classes with the insanely tough epics (enchanter, bard, mage, etc) and have considered trying classes solely because they have easy epics, like rogue or cleric or shaman. I picked wizard in the end because while it isn't the easiest, it's also not impossible like some. The happy balance between those two examples.

People on this server are overall friendly.
You will never get a wizard epic unless you join a raiding guild and raid at least occasionally.

[Snaggles]

Bind on Hammer Hill or get an OT mallet. When you are bored or doing chores sit there and sling TL’s to people for plat when you aren’t leveling.

When you want to grind, head over so where and quad.

[Jimjam]

I bound at OOT AC and quaded specs / seafuries. Or burnt AC ph. Or port to cs to quad wyverns/drakes. Careful with the drakes though, they got a dragon breath thing.

Apparently WL suits are good but I never tried it.

Eye of Zomm + worker’s mallet for bank / finding fares. Lost staff of the scorned for vendor / bank.

[ithaqua]

Purse isn’t on giant faction, wenglawks is indifferent to all and the net part is skippable, just hand the three scales to the siren. For the final turn in just invis to him, quickly hand in and gate out (do it with rune up cause helssen will aggro when invis drops)

[tadkins]

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

Purse isn’t on giant faction, wenglawks is indifferent to all and the net part is skippable, just hand the three scales to the siren. For the final turn in just invis to him, quickly hand in and gate out (do it with rune up cause helssen will aggro when invis drops)

That's pretty cool. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I'm actually pretty good on bags though. Got a large soiled and forager bag for food/supplies, three tink bags, a box of abu-kar, a tiny coin purse and a free slot for temp flux and jboots.

Grinding guards and sisters for cash is probably the one thing I'm okay at lols.

[Jimjam]

Hmmm.

Honestly you may be on to something.

No gear is going to compare to spending 20 mins getting c2/potg then laughblasting your way through things until the inevitable twin sadnesses of c2 then potg fading.

[Tann]

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

Make 1000% and more within 1 day

1000% of zero is still zero

[ithaqua]

Ft gear compares and stacks with c2/potg )

[tadkins]

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

As a fellow solo4life person I gotta say you're looking at this all wrong, if you're playing for you and you only then who cares if 99% of the server is also playing class_x? Uniqueness doesn't apply to a game old enough to buy booze.

It's just that part of the reason I enjoy a wizard is because I know there isn't as many of us as there is of other classes. I can feel slightly more unique. Oftentimes I might be the only wizard available and that means I appear on someone's radar, however briefly.

But I suppose there is a reason there aren't as many wizards.

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

Max mana pool means almost nothing with C2. Enc gearing is 205 CHA > FT 8 > HP > AC - all of your options basically have some combo of int/mana on them too.

How many times are you going to die running oom as an enc vs. dying to a bad pet break?

Anyone not going max CHA high elf enc is just missing out on an opportunity to replace their pure CHA gear with beefier stat gear later on (think neriad shawl --> shawl of perception, vyemm gloves, etc). You have illusion spells, use them if you don't like the high elf look.

Just that higher int makes things easier at lower levels, and makes things easier to tradeskill. I do tradeskills on basically all of my characters and having my enchanter struggle as much as my melee classes really sucks. Before I can get to those vaunted OP charm levels I basically have to kill mobs like a mage, and that takes mana. How do you get past them without a good mana pool?