Wanting to go wizard.

[Raev]

I am a full on HP whore, but I feel like going full STA on a Wizard is overthinking it, unless maybe you are already in a raiding guild and you know you enjoy it and you can twink decently.

First, on a Wizard you basically want two sets of gear: full mana for targets where you won't be AEd/nuked, and a mix of resists > mana > HP for targets where you will be. Swapping out those slots for resist gear really cuts into your INT total. For example, I went full INT on my Nagafen/Vox alt and even with fairly legit gear he has only 193 unbuffed.

But OK, even if you get a solid load of PD/Velious gear and are hundreds of points over the INT cap . . . are you really going to miss the 60 HP from 25 STA? That's 2% of your total HP and 1/5 of a wort pot charge. Let's also not forget how annoying it is to obtain raid gear on this server.

And in the remaining months it takes you to level up to 60, your Wizard is going to be even more gimped than the class normally is. How do you plan to make even 10k to hit the cap? Spend 2 months farming the sisters in Lesser Faydark?

[Bweetza]

I'm not too concerned about being gimped during the leveling/gearing process. I don't want to sink hundreds of hours into a character, realize I made a terrible mistake, and have no way to fix it.

Regardless of stats, definitely going Erudite. Hide is nice, but the Stamina and SVM that an Erudite gets seems more important to me. There's also less faction trouble, although that's more a convenience than anything.

[Lojik]

Int past the Softcap still gives better returns than stamina

[Tuljin]

Really it boils down to this -

An extra 60 HP at level 60

An extra 150 maybe 200 mana at level 60, depending on where you sit near the 200 softcap

Seeing how there are so many mathematicians that are published in scientific journals on this server it breaks down like this -

60 HP is 5% of an unbuffed 1200 HP pool, which for a non "raid" geared wizard is quite high. Its also quite high for most INT casters because most players here don't gear for HP at all. If you're not "raid" geared this will work out to a higher percentage of your HP pool.

150 mana is 5% of a 3000 mana pool, which is attainable without "raid" gear and focus on INT and mana gearing, which most players here gear for.

Its all up to what you are willing to live with. There is no "right" or "wrong" answer. In my humble opinion the HP is a better choice but it is definitely not a gamebreaker. There is also no "winning" at EQ, just dealing with people with online video game addiction and personality disorders.

[Rararboker]

60HP won't save you from anything after lvl 45.

Extra 150 mana = one cast of gate.


Take that from a lvl 60 wizard.

[Bweetza]

I'm confident that 60 HP is not as good as 150 mana, in most contexts, for a wizard. The issue is whether, once top end with good gear, it becomes 0 mana (from INT) versus 60 HP.

I may be agonizing over this more than I should for a game people play for fun.

[EQNoob]

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

60HP won't save you from anything after lvl 45.

Extra 150 mana = one cast of gate.


Take that from a lvl 60 wizard.

Extra root or snare too, but at that point you should be gating.

Well have fun with your 60 extra hp while I just cast manaskin. That 9pp really put a dent in my funds.

[deadlycupcakez]

Become a female Dark Elf who follows Innoruuk. Then have a pal make the cultural chain armor of Innoruuk for all of your visual slots except feet and wrist then get some Golden Efreeti Boots and a Golden Chitin Bracer as well as a Glowing Black Stone and a Drachnid Thyxl then revel in winning fashionquest be that and role playing are all that matters. Except for run on sentences - and PvP but I think this is for blue.

Oh also you will only win fashionquest until you run past a female Erudite wizard in Alendine's old robe with an epic and an Insignia Protector but they aren't too common.

[Castcalm]

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

Become a female Dark Elf who follows Innoruuk. Then have a pal make the cultural chain armor of Innoruuk for all of your visual slots except feet and wrist then get some Golden Efreeti Boots and a Golden Chitin Bracer as well as a Glowing Black Stone and a Drachnid Thyxl then revel in winning fashionquest be that and role playing are all that matters. Except for run on sentences - and PvP but I think this is for blue.

Oh also you will only win fashionquest until you run past a female Erudite wizard in Alendine's old robe with an epic and an Insignia Protector but they aren't too common.

Quoted for emphasis. Except I'd still choose agnostic. THERE IS (PROBABLY) NO GOD.

[Mr Popo]

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

Then have a pal make the cultural chain armor of Innoruuk

(wave) I'm close.

FWIW like +50 int significantly anecdotally improves fizzle rates, resists by a ton. No idea how much if any 200-250 does but I got to think it does something else right?