Beginner Wizard Questions

[Estu]

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

pro wizards throw stuns in their arsenal to interrupt mobs from casting in groups. sadly, there aren't many around.

Stuns are fine but many classes can keep monsters from casting while also doing something else useful for the group. Bards, enchanters, tanks, and any large race all have monster stun/interrupt abilities. So do clerics and druids. This is an extremely common ability.

[Cecily]

I'd be happy to give you exp group logs later. But yeah, wizards are incredible burst damage.. Sustained they suck. Just a raiding class and a pretty damn good one.

[Tecmos Deception]

Alarti should convince TMO to reduce the price of trak teeth (for wizards only) and solist's robe in order to advance the "wizards aren't terribad in xp groups when they can click rend 4 times a minute at 50+" agenda, imo.

They'd improve to "mediocre" at least!

[skipdog]

I grow tired of the 'wizards suck in groups' notion that floats around this server. It really does make people shy away from inviting wizards and makes finding groups harder than it should be.

Every group I'm in, I generally land 1 nuke on every mob and that nuke usually does 30-40% of that mobs health. If there are 4 DPS'ers in my group, I'm certainly pulling my weight just fine. I think people also underestimate the value of 'having a wizard that is always at 70% mana or higher who can do some crazy burst DPS if things get hairy'.

So yeah, sustained DPS? Of course we lose but only when we actually run out of mana. Fortunately, 'long, sustained DPS' is a pretty rare thing. Generally mobs die fast and so often you are limited by the number of mob spawns anyways. I don't need to parse anything when I personally know I'm dealing 30-40% of each mob's health every time. If your group is killing mobs so fast that you only have the mana to nuke every other mob then... well, your group is getting some crazy xp and nobody should be complaining, especially when we aren't a hybrid with a horrible xp penalty.

[Estu]

What level are you that you're nuking monsters for 40% of their health?

[SamwiseRed]

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[Jhaaz]

Wizzy are ok in groups, its nice to have burst damage available when you need it. Evacs come in handy too. Just find some friends to hang out with it will be ok. And you can always solo if you have too. I have been soloing almost all my lvls but, I choose this.