Looking for some insight on wizard

[Tuljin]

There's a bunch of classes besides wiz that get a bad rap for groups especially past 50 - namely wiz, dru, mage, and nec. All are actually excellent group classes, you just have to be good at EQ. You also have to make friends and usually create your own groups as a wiz due to the bad rap. You also need the skill to hold it the fuck down, not die, and keep group leader so nobody boots you out :-P . If you're a beginner you'll have a hard time. Most lvl 60 wizards at this point are PLed then chardok AOEd to 60 anyways, very few people play wiz mains due to the difficulty.

[Etris]

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

Well, let me put it this way - if I was starting over, a wizard wouldn't be my first choice of a character to get to 60. (Or my second choice... or my third choice [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.])

What would your 1st, 2nd or 3rd choices be?

[Estu]

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

What would your 1st, 2nd or 3rd choices be?

Personally, I think I'd go (1) rogue (2) shaman (3) cleric. Rogue is a boring class but I like being useful for my guild and it's nice when gear does something useful for you other than add mana. Shaman is the class I've had the most fun with, soloing for EXP and platinum. Cleric because I like being able to help people by resurrecting them. There are a lot of different reasons to level a character.

Other contenders would be necromancer (arguably the best power leveling class - again that's desirable because I like helping people out in-game; fun to play; good soloer), bard (selo's is amazing; taking down whole zones at once is a cool thing to be able to do; their ability in groups and overall skill ceiling is huge; they're very useful in raids and not in very high supply), druid (fun and extremely efficient solo play with charming, can buff newbies and port around), and enchanter (jewelcrafting is cool, their solo and group play is interesting, they're one of the most powerful solo classes).

[lithnar]

i had great luck with my wizzy at low levels at crush bone in groups or root and nuke, also there are some bandits in bb i used to kill at lower levels. if you are still interested