Thinking of making a wizard

[Estu]

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

temporal flux

It's temperate flux, as in it makes the monster more vulnerable to temperature (fire and cold resists go down). It has nothing to do with time!

Pretty good post other than that, though I'm still skeptical about putting starting points into STA (since the HP return is so tiny for casters) and I'm pretty sure I quadded Everfrost mammoths successfully once I got AE snare at 29 without considerable twinkage. (I think I might have quadded even before AE snare when a kind druid tossed me a SoW.) If you don't have JBoots at that level you can still beg SoWs off of people and/or buy a SoW potion or two if you manage your money well.

[Lojik]

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

It's temperate flux, as in it makes the monster more vulnerable to temperature (fire and cold resists go down). It has nothing to do with time!

Pretty good post other than that, though I'm still skeptical about putting starting points into STA (since the HP return is so tiny for casters) and I'm pretty sure I quadded Everfrost mammoths successfully once I got AE snare at 29 without considerable twinkage. (I think I might have quadded even before AE snare when a kind druid tossed me a SoW.) If you don't have JBoots at that level you can still beg SoWs off of people and/or buy a SoW potion or two if you manage your money well.

Agree with this. For 99% of the p99 population i think putting most points into INT will yield the best returns, unless you know for a fact that you're wiz is going to have BiS equipment when they hit 60. But even if that's true, you still have to go through levels 1-59 before you get there. Is it worth it to gimp your INT for those levels to have 30 extra hitpoints (if that) by level 60?

I also quadded mammoths quite easily, but they turn light blue at 32, and this seems to be a weird level in terms of finding the right mobs to kite. Stuff in OT is still a bit too high. Where is a good place to quad at 32 & 33, preferably stuff around level 25? (SK spires not enough mobs.)

[Estu]

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

Agree with this. For 99% of the p99 population i think putting most points into INT will yield the best returns, unless you know for a fact that you're wiz is going to have BiS equipment when they hit 60. But even if that's true, you still have to go through levels 1-59 before you get there. Is it worth it to gimp your INT for those levels to have 30 extra hitpoints (if that) by level 60?

I also quadded mammoths quite easily, but they turn light blue at 32, and this seems to be a weird level in terms of finding the right mobs to kite. Stuff in OT is still a bit too high. Where is a good place to quad at 32 & 33, preferably stuff around level 25? (SK spires not enough mobs.)

Firiona Vie all the way. Exit the town and take a right along the cliff - tons of wandering mobs and a large area to safely quad in. Way better than OT in every respect IMO.

[Tuljin]

stat distribution is also heavily dependent upon race - - imho erudite has the best stats for wiz because of the high base int and high base sta - you can take the 5pt agi penalty because you will get lots of gear that adds agi and easily put you over 75. if you roll an eru you can afford to put few points into int and lots of points into sta, at which point you will have sta and int stats that you wont possibly be able to roll with any other race.

now the hide argument - hide is an awesome skill and dark elf is great race for wiz, however hide will eventually be nerfed, so keep that in mind when rolling. the de stats are very good as well, but sta and int arent quite as high as eru and you get the 90points of agi, which isnt really of much help.

[George_Smith]

Now that you mention it I quadded mammoths at about lvl 29 as well, with sow pots. iirc it was usually pretty rough, but I was learning how to do it then, so that no doubt increased the difficulty. I continued to quad them when they were lb, but more for the pp then xp. At the time it hadn't occurred to me to make another toon to farm for plat.

I didn't regret putting the points into int until my wiz was lvl 60. True it's not a lot of hp at that lvl, it's about 60 hp, but with enlightenment my wiz would still be about 255 int if I'd had put the points into sta instead. It's pretty rare that 60 hp would makes a diff, but it happens... That said, a wizard without mana is in trouble, and maybe I'd be really regretting not putting the points into int if I hadn't (The grass is always greener).

As for were to quad at 32-34, sk spires would have been my best guess, although I did not have enough mana at that lvl to quad them (my gear was really bad).

AzzudnXX

[Estu]

Sure, sustained and burst DPS are two different kinds of DPS. One (burst) is most important for raids while one (sustained) is most important for EXP groups. If you're an EXP group and you're choosing between those two, you can bet that the sustained DPS will give you more EXP per hour. People make a big deal about taking down casters quickly but there are an enormous number of abilities and spells that allow many different classes to interrupt casts.

[Nirgon]

Wizards dont come up on the damage parses shown in group/guild chats

Rogues like to think they invalidate wizards

Lol yeah right

Quad to 60, shit on raid mobs

Esp with Velious banes

Truchainz

[gotrocks]

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

shit on raid mobs

Esp with Velious banes

nirgon knows whats up with the wizzies.

[Morningbreath]

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

Wizards dont come up on the damage parses shown in group/guild chats

Correct. Only the wizard can parse his damage vs. others in a group. That's when you find out how badly they are outdamaged in groups. Trust me, it's alot worse than you think.

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[Mateo]

2k damage is .66% of Vindicator's hp..