How do you organize your spellbook?

[Caldwin]

I push all "obsolete" spells later in the book. Of the remaining spells the breakdown is as follows (depending on class):

1st page or two has attack spells: DD then AE then DOTs with each category ordered by damage output.
Next page (if not incorporated in 2nd page above) has other combat spells such as snare, root, debuffs etc.
Next page or two is buffs and/or heal, cure and other health spells
Next page: For pet classes, the pet summon spells and other related spells for pets.
Next is summon spells: summon water, food, etc.
Next is utility spells such as bind, invisible, see invisible, gate, etc.
Next is anything else that is not obsolete.

Again there are variations depending on class. Some pages my be combined or split.

[Shiro White]

As a druid, I use the first two pages for my 'go-to' spells, the ones that mainly fill my 8 slots; i.e. stuff like best root, nuke, snare, harmony, sow, skin, etc..

The next page is general utility spells that I bring in only for certain situations, but ones that still come up somewhat often. Stuff like Invis, levitate, group buffs, and evacs go here.

Page 4 is all my Ring spells. Page 5 and most of 6 is all my Circle ports, with the remaining spots filled out by left over utility spells, or a nuke spell memmed specifically for a camp i'm xp'n at in this range.

Next few pages are just the really situational stuff like summon food, sunbeam, wind stun spells, and other things that I very rarely use, but the situation may come out at somepoint.

After that, I shove all the random crap in no particular order in the very back.

[Bubbles]

With severe hatred in my heart, is the correct answer.

[Droop]

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

Alphabetized by level. Level 1's being on the first page, 50's in the back

On my necro I just created this is how I think I am going to do it. Only level 4 now so there isn't a huge need yet, trying to get some more ideas.

Do you find at the high-level you wish you had done this backwards from (now) 60->1 instead of 1->60?

[nalkin]

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

On my necro I just created this is how I think I am going to do it. Only level 4 now so there isn't a huge need yet, trying to get some more ideas.

Do you find at the high-level you wish you had done this backwards from (now) 60->1 instead of 1->60?

Yes, but at the time I didn't feel like calculating backwards and thought I would make a mistake which when dinging 50 would force me to shift all my spells like one slot to the right.

One thing you may wanna check, which I can't remember is when you open your book and flip to a page, if you reopen it later the page stays on the last page you were on. If that is true then reversing the order wouldn't hardly matter.

Also make sure to leave room for velious!

[Ongbak]

I got "ALL Best/Current buffs" on first/second pages. The rest on 3rd/4th etc..

[Acillatem]

As a WIZ I have mine set up as follows (bearing in mind I don't keep older spells. I just have spells that are the most current version of that particular spell line).

Pages:
1-2: Direct Damage Nukes by level keeping only the best of each type (Fire/Cold/Magic)
3-4: PBAEs, Targeted AEs, and Rains (again by type)
5-6: Miscellaneous Spells like Yonder/Gate/Snare/Root/Annul Magic/Bind Sight etc
7-8: Buffs
9-10: Self-only Gates
11-12: Portals

[Tale]

As chanter...

Start: Frequently used, roughly in memory order
Near start: Less frequently used, grouped in spell types
Middle: Porn
End: Obsolete spells

[Messianic]

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

The first couple pages are spells I frequently used, then i threw stuff i knew i was never going to use into the back (really low level nukes, except level 1 nuke which is useful for stuff, low level pets, lower level shielding spells, etc).

This.

First two pages are my normal spellset - AoE, highest nuke, gate, bind affinity, current shielding spell, root, snare, etc, along with my three most often-used buffs - See invis, invis, and chillsight (I'm a blind erudite wizard).

Pages three and part of four are all of my gate (self-port) spells. The rest of page four and part of page 5 are all of my portal spells. Page 6 are evacs. Page 7 are supplemental buffs (resistant skin, elemental shield, steelskin, etc).

I'm planning on organizing the rest of it according to level, descending. But for right now it really doesn't affect gameplay, so i might do it while bored and waiting for something in a raid or something...

[Rasah]

Make use of the /book command. You can set up social buttons with names, and set the button to that book's page. So if I want to give a port, the command would be /book 7 to open to page 7. etc.

As I outgrow a spell, I will put it on page 50 and work my way back. I never put the lower nukes back there, because there is a chance you will be looking to scale your damage instead of overkill of a higher mana nuke.

But to answer the question:
1-2 is my primary loadout
3-4 is misc stuff I use periodically (EB, Lev, Invis, resist buffs)
5-6 self ports
7-8 group ports
9-? everything else